At the beginning of November, images of Ahou Daryaei, undressed and walking barefoot in public, went around the world. According to human rights groups, the French literature student at Azad University in Tehran stripped naked in protest after being harassed and beaten by university security officers for not having wore the obligatory veil.
The affair caused a wave of indignation in Iran, particularly after media close to power described the young girl as “mentally ill”.
“This woman is sick”
Tuesday, November 19, the spokesperson for Iranian justice, Asghar Jahangir, indicated that the young girl had been “handed over to his family”, without specifying the date of his release. “It turned out that this woman is sick and now her relatives will take care of her,” he added, quoted by the reformist daily Arman Emrouz. The spokesperson further assured that “the judicial system has not [vait] not filed a complaint against elle.
The head of the scientific association of psychiatrists of Iran, whose remarks were relayed by the moderate media Khabar Online, reported Monday, November 18, the release of the student. Ahou Daryaei “was
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