New Delhi: It’s been almost three days since she was detained for stripping to her underwear, there has been news of the Iranian woman. The woman was detained by security guards at a branch of the Islamic Azad University on Saturday in Tehran.
The woman’s move was widely hailed on social media as a strong protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code. The video of the incident, widely share on social media, showed security guards detaining the woman as she walked in her undergarments at the university campus.
This Iranian woman was harassed by morality police of lslamic regime and her clothes were torn for not wearing Hijab.
She took off her clothes in protest against oppression of women.
She was arrested and disappeared.pic.twitter.com/n9UbKKCMRO
— Azat (@AzatAlsalim) November 2, 2024
Woman was protesting strict hijab rules in Iran
Soon after the incident, the university spokesperson Amir Mahjob shared on microblogging site X 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.
The fate of the woman was not known but Reuters, quoting the mass-circulation daily Hamshahri, said, “An informed source said…the perpetrator of this act has severe mental problems and, after investigations, she will most likely be transferred to a mental hospital.”
No news of Iranian woman who stripped at university campus
The incident attracted angry remarks supporting the woman on social media. Amnesty International also condemned the act demanded the woman’s release.
“Iran’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release the university student. Pending her release, authorities must protect her from torture and ensure access to her family and lawyer,” as reported by Barrons, a US-based publishing house.
There have been multiple incidents in the past where women have publicly defied the strict Islamic rules in the country. Iran witnessed nationwide protests in September 2022 after the death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman in police custody who was detained allegedly for violating hijab rules.
