A university student In Iran stripped down to her underwear in protest against the country’s hijab laws after reports say she was assaulted by militia members for improperly wearing the garment.
JERUSALEM—A female Iranian student on Sunday stripped down to her underwear on the campus of Tehran’s Islamic Azad University to protest an assault on her by the IRGC’s paramilitary militia, known as the Basij, because she allegedly was improperly wearing the mandatory hijab. Since it’s part of the IRGC, the Basij is a U.S-designated terrorist organization.
The video of the unidentified woman walking through the courtyard of the university’s Science and Research Branch in her underwear rapidly went viral on social media.
A university official confirmed the student’s arrest. “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”, Amir Mahjoub, director general of public relations at the university, wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, according to a report by the London-based news organization Iran International reported
Fox News Digital was not able to independently confirm the student’s name, but media outlets in France and Germany have identified her as Ahoo Daryaei.
He added, “The motives and underlying reasons for the student’s actions are currently under investigation.”
The U.N.’s special rapporteur for Iran, Mai Soto, posted on X, “I will be monitoring this incident closely, including the authorities response. #Iran”, along with a video of the young woman sitting in the courtyard from the U.S. government news outlet Voice of America’s Farsi outlet.
