Iranian student strips to her underwear for not wearing hijab
An Iranian woman stripped down to her underwear in protest over hijab laws before allegedly being attacked by police as she was arrested and 'taken to a mental hospital'.
The young unidentified woman was seen in footage walking around the campus of Tehran’s Islamic Azad University science and research branch on Saturday before security guards detained her.
The widely circulated video on social media shows the woman sitting and pacing back and forth with her arms crossed around the campus in her underwear.
Another clip captured the moment she was detained by security forces and forcibly taken into a car.
University spokesperson Amir Mahjoub confirmed the arrest on X, saying: ‘Following an indecent act by a student at the science and research branch of the university, campus security intervened and handed the individual over to law enforcement authorities.
‘The motives and underlying reasons for the student’s actions are currently under investigation’.
According to Reuters, Mahjoub also added that: ‘at the police station,…it was found that she was under severe mental pressure and had a mental disorder’.
But some social media users suggested the woman’s action was a deliberate protest.
‘For most women, being …in their underwear in public is one of their worst nightmares, … This is a reaction to the (authorities’) stupid insistence on the mandatory hijab,’ a user on X, said in a comment accompanying the video.
The student reportedly sustained severe injuries following the assault during her arrest, Iran International reported, citing a newsletter by the student group Amir Kabir newsletter.
