Iran cops detain woman who stripped in protest

The female student who stripped down to her innerwear outside Tehran’s Islamic Azad University to protest against Iran’s strict dress code was detained by the Iranian authorities, CNN reported on Sunday.

According to CNN, citing Amnesty, the woman was “violently arrested” while protesting the “abusive enforcement” of the dress code at Tehran’s Islamic Azad University. Reports indicate she had faced harassment from members of the Basij, a paramilitary group, who allegedly ripped her headscarf and tore her clothes.

Videos circulating on social media, including one shared by Amnesty International, show the woman sitting in her innerwear with her hair uncovered, gesturing toward other students, many of whom were wearing headscarves.

In another video, it was seen that she was walking down a street in the same state of undress until she was surrounded by men who forcibly put her into a car and drove away. Eyewitnesses cited by state-run Fars news agency claimed she undressed after being warned by two security personnel.