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In a bold act of defiance against Iran’ s strict dress code regulations, a female student at Tehran’ s Islamic Azad University was recently arrested after partially removing her clothing in protest. This event has stirred significant attention both online and in Iran’ s universities, sparking debate over individual rights and state policies on public behavior. The incident unfolded after campus security allegedly confronted the woman for not adhering to the country’ s hijab regulations.....Read Full Article>>
In response, she reportedly removed some of her clothing to express her discontent. The moment, captured on video by fellow students from a classroom overlooking the campus, was widely shared on social media, particularly on the platform X (formerly known as Twitter). Many viewers of the video have applauded her actions as an act of bravery.
According to Syed Amir Mahjoub, the public relations director at Islamic Azad University, the university’ s security team handed the student over to police authorities following the incident. He asserted that there was no physical altercation during the handover and attributed the student’ s actions to possible psychological distress, based on preliminary findings. However, he did not provide further details regarding her current condition.
The event took a more alarming turn, according to reports shared by activist Emily Schrader. In a post on Instagram, Schrader claimed that four security officers forcibly took the student from campus grounds, allegedly assaulting her during the arrest. An eyewitness reportedly saw the woman’ s head hit the door of a car, causing her to bleed significantly, with traces of blood even visible on the vehicle’ s tires as she was driven away.
Additional reports from certain news outlets have indicated that intelligence agents might have been involved in the arrest, taking her to an unknown location. Conflicting accounts have also surfaced in a local university- affiliated newspaper, which stated that the student had been transferred to a psychiatric facility for evaluation.
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This incident comes amid heightened tensions in Iran over dress code enforcement, following months of ongoing protests since the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died in police custody in 2022 after allegedly being detained for improper hijab wear. Amini’ s death sparked nationwide protests and drew global attention to Iran’ s treatment of women and its strict enforcement of Islamic dress codes.
Since then, the Iranian government has increased its surveillance and enforcement efforts in public spaces, especially targeting university campuses. These institutions have seen a growing trend of students publicly questioning the government’ s dress codes and overall restrictions on personal freedoms.
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