More than forty-eight hours after the events, the identity of the Iranian woman who undressed and paraded in her underwear in front of her university in Tehran remains unknown. On social networks, she is nicknamed “the girl of science and research”named after its university establishment.
On Saturday, November 2, in a video posted online, we see this young woman, long hair falling down her back, walking calmly in front of the campus of Azad University, in northern Tehran. Around her, university security agents, responsible for monitoring the appearance and behavior of students, both men and women, move around. In a second video, filmed from further away, she takes off her panties. A car then appears, and the officers violently force her into the vehicle.
Since then, no reliable information has been published about him. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, women must cover themselves completely, leaving only their face and hands visible, and mixing between men and women is strictly regulated and monitored.
“Insufficiently Islamic” clothing
According to the Telegram channel “Khabarname Amir Kabir”, specializing in protest movements in Iranian universities, the young woman had been harassed by university security agents for her clothing considered “insufficiently Islamic”. The same source reports that her clothes were torn during a confrontation with the agents and that she decided to undress as a sign of protest.
The two videos caused an uproar on social networks. The director of communications at Azad University, Amir Mahjoub, tried to calm the situation by denying any altercation between the student and the security agents, citing instead “psychological disorders” from which the young woman would suffer. The official ISNA news agency and other Iranian media also reported that the young woman had been placed in a psychiatric center, raising serious concerns. A video also circulated, showing a man with a blurred face introducing himself as her ex-husband and asking: “Please, for the future of his children, do not share this video. Do not damage their reputation. »
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