NARRATIVE – Harassed by the Revolutionary Guards because of an ill-fitting veil, the student defied the regime by wandering the street in her underwear. Her act continues the fight of young Iranian women against the ruling theocracy.
The naked body of a 30-year-old young woman has become the new symbol of Iranian dissidence. Since social networks spread across the world his incredible gesture committed in the middle of the street of the very strict Islamic Republic of Iran, opponents and supporters of the regime have clashed with antagonistic stories. On Saturday, Ahou Daryaei, a French language student at Azad University in Tehran, was attacked by the faculty's security forces. The feared Basijs criticize him for not wearing the veil covering the hair, head and neck, an obligation in Iranian schools.
According to activists, the woman whose identity was initially kept secret was harassed by Basijs who tore her clothes. To protest, the young woman then took them off, then left the university before going out into the street in her underwear. Extremely rare, if not unique, image from a building…
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