Two days ago, a young Iranian woman took the Internet by storm when she stripped down to her underwear on the University of Tehran campus, apparently to protest the country’s strict dress code for women. Visuals showed him walking around the campus of Islamic Azad University while others looked on in amazement. Soon after, security guards detained him and took him away. His current location is not known.
Who is she?
The identity of the woman who has emerged as a feminist icon since the visuals went viral is not yet known. While most posts on social media have emphasized that her move to strip was a form of protest against the dress code, a spokesperson for the university has claimed that police found she was suffering from a “mental disorder”. suffered and was under “severe mental pressure”. , Spokesman Amir Mahzoub said the woman was separated from her partner and was the mother of two children.
claims, counterclaims
Amir Kabir Newsletter, an Iranian student social media channel, reported that the woman took off her underwear after members of the Basij, a volunteer paramilitary force, harassed her for not properly following the dress code. Amnesty said she was “violently arrested” after protesting the “abusive enforcement” of the dress code. Iran’s Fars news agency said two security personnel “spoke to her calmly” and asked her to follow the dress code. A university spokesperson said there was no face-off between the student and the security guards. He claimed that the woman was filming his classmates without their consent and they had objected to it. Security was alerted due to “violation of privacy of students and professors”, he said.
where is she now?
Visuals on social media show a group of people grabbing the woman and putting her in a car. Comments from the university spokesperson indicate that he was taken to the police station. He insisted that his health condition was fine. With no clear answers regarding the woman’s whereabouts, fears have emerged over her well-being. Amir Kabir Newsletter alleged that he was beaten during his arrest, AFP reports. Amnesty International called for his immediate release and said authorities must protect him from torture and other ill-treatment. The London-based rights group also called for an independent investigation into allegations of violence against him.
mahsa amini background
The Iranian woman’s move and her subsequent detention comes against growing resistance to strict dress codes for women in Iran. Earlier, in 2022, Mahsa Hamini, an Iranian-Kurdish woman, died after being arrested for alleged dress code violation, sparking nationwide protests in the country. In protest, women took off their scarves and burnt them. Thousands of people were arrested and more than 500 protesters were killed as authorities cracked down on the movement.
Hossein Ronaghi, a prominent Iranian activist jailed during the protests, has now praised the “bravery” of the student seen in the video. She said in a post on
