Iran detains woman who stripped to her underwear in apparent protest at Tehran university
Iranian authorities have detained a young woman who was seen walking around the Islamic Azad University in Tehran in her underwear, in what activists say was a protest against enforcement of the country’s strict dress code.
Iranian authorities have detained a young woman who was seen walking around a university in Tehran in her underwear, according to video shared on social media and state news agencies, in what activists say was a protest against enforcement of the country’s strict dress code.
Video showing the woman sitting on an outdoor staircase and then walking around in her underwear was shared widely on social media over the weekend, and has been geolocated to a branch of the Islamic Azad University in the capital, Tehran, by NBC News.
Other students, including women wearing the state-mandated hijab, watch the woman with shock while a group of older people in more formal clothing confer nearby. Another video geolocated by NBC News showed the woman then walking next to the campus along a street before she is seen struggling with a number of people beside a car.
She was later taken to the police station, Iran's semi-official news agency Tasnim reported.
It is unclear exactly when the incident occurred but both the video and reports in Iranian media began circulating on Saturday.
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