More than forty-eight hours after the events, the identity of the Iranian woman who stripped naked and paraded in her underwear in front of her university in Tehran is still unknown. On social networks they nickname her “the girl of science and research”named after its university establishment.
On Saturday, November 2, in a video posted on the Internet, we see this young woman, with her long hair falling down her back, walking calmly in front of the Azad University campus, in the north of Tehran. University security agents move around them, in charge of monitoring the appearance and behavior of the students, both men and women. In a second video, filmed from further away, she takes off her panties. Then a car appears and the officers violently force her into the vehicle.
Since then no reliable information has been published about him. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, women must cover themselves completely, leaving only their faces and hands visible, and interaction between men and women is strictly regulated and monitored.
“Insufficiently Islamic” clothing
According to the Telegram channel “Khabarname Amir Kabir”, specialized in protest movements in Iranian universities, the young woman had been harassed by university security agents for her clothing considered “insufficiently Islamic”. The same source reports that his clothes were torn during a confrontation with the agents and that he decided to undress as a sign of protest.
The two videos caused a stir on social networks. Azad University communications director Amir Mahjoub attempted to calm the situation by denying any altercation between the student and security officers, citing instead “psychological disorders” that the young woman would suffer. The official ISNA news agency and other Iranian media also reported that the young woman had been admitted to a psychiatric facility, raising serious concerns. A video also circulated showing a man with a blurred face introducing himself as her ex-husband and asking: “Please, for the future of your children, do not share this video. Don’t damage his reputation. »
In the past, the Iranian regime has used forced psychiatric confinement as a means of repression against its opponents, particularly women. This is in particular the case of Roya Zakeri, arrested in October 2023 in Tabriz for not having worn the veil. She was admitted three times to a psychiatric hospital in her city, and in a video published in November 2023 she states: “The Islamic Republic is trying to make me look mentally ill, but I am in good physical and mental health. »
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