The woman stripped down to her underwear in an apparent act of protest after university security forces reportedly stopped her for not wearing a headscarf.

Summary

A woman at Tehran’s Islamic Azad University protested by stripping after being confronted for not wearing a hijab. Detained, she was later taken to a psychiatric center, a tactic authorities reportedly use against dissenters.

The incident, widely shared under the slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom,” prompted calls for her release and an abuse investigation by Amnesty International.

This act reflects a growing resistance among Iranian women, intensified by Mahsa Amini’s 2022 death in custody, sparking nationwide protests against hijab laws.