An Iranian student who stripped naked in protest against harassment by Revolutionary Guard militiamen was arrested in Tehran on Saturday, activists reported. The Iranian agency FARS reported the incident and published a blurred photograph of the student.
The young woman, a student at the prestigious Azad University in Tehran, was harassed by members of the Basij militia, according to these activists. In protest, she stripped naked in front of the university and walked the streets in her underwear, according to a video.
First posted by the Iranian student site Amir Kabir, the video was published by numerous Persian sites including the legal site Dadban, the human rights group Hengaw and the news site Iran Wire.
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The video appears to have been taken by residents of a nearby building. Other images show the young woman thrown into a car by men in plain clothes. According to the Amir Kabir website, she was beaten during the arrest.
This young woman “is going to be thrown in prison. We’re not going to hear any more about it. For the moment, she is in a psychiatric hospital since obviously a woman who removes her veil is crazy for the mullahs. We are trying to finally erase her from the public scene and the Iranians themselves say no, not at all, We are not going to erase it, we are going to show its history and we are going to ensure that these images go viral”, reacts in Forum Mitra Sohrabi. , lawyer in Geneva and co-president of the Femme, Vie, Liberté association in Switzerland.
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The Iranian agency FARS reported the incident. According to the agency, the young woman wore “inappropriate” clothing to class and “stripped off” after being warned by security guards.
Islamic law in Iran imposes a very strict dress code on women, who are required to wear headscarves and loose clothing that conceals their shapes.
Iranian women are at the origin of an unprecedented revolt movement in the country after the death of the young Kurd Mahsa Amini in September 2022, arrested for not having respected the dress code.
The Femme Vie Liberté movement has been massively repressed by the Iranian authorities, with at least 551 deaths and thousands of people arrested, according to NGOs.
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