Iranian woman strips naked during anti-hijab protest after brutal attack by regime militias

JERUSALEM – A female Iranian student stripped to her underwear on the campus of Islamic Azad University in Tehran on Sunday to protest an attack on her by the IRGC paramilitary militia known as the Basij for allegedly inappropriately mandatory hijab. Because it is part of the IRGC, the Basij is a US-designated terrorist organization.

The video of the unidentified woman walking through the courtyard of the university’s Science and Research Department in her underwear quickly went viral on social media.

A university official confirmed the student’s arrest. “Following an indecent act by a student at the university’s Science and Research Department, 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 from London-based news organization Iran International reported

Fox News Digital could not independently confirm the student’s name, but media outlets in France and Germany identified her as Ahoo Daryaei.

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An Iranian student stripped down to her underwear to protest an attack on her for allegedly wearing the mandatory hijab inappropriately. (Courtesy of Iran International)

He added: “The motives and underlying reasons for the student’s actions are currently under investigation.”

The UN Special Rapporteur on Iran, Mai Soto, posted on from the US government news outlet. Voice of the American Farsi outlet.

According to Iran International, Amir Kabir Newsletter, a student group on Telegram, reported that the Islamic Republic’s security forces severely attacked the young student. After the regime smashed her head against a car door or pillar, “stains of the student’s blood were reportedly seen on the car tires,” the newsletter report said.

Iranian-American lawyer Elika Eftekhari told Fox News Digital: “Her protest may seem shocking to outsiders because it comes with the certainty of imprisonment, torture and rape as punishment by officials of the Islamic Republic. She reminds me of Jan Palach’s act of self-immolation in the former communist Czech Republic. It speaks to the pervasive psychology of depression and hopelessness among Iranians, who often feel trapped in a negative spiral, both within the world and regarding their future.

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People light a fire during a protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by Iran’s “morality police” in Tehran on September 21, 2022. (West Asia News Agency)

Eftekhari, a member of the US-based Alliance for Human Rights and Democracy in Iran, added: “At the same time, there is enormous power in this expression of resistance, by taking the regime’s gender-apartheid misogyny by the throat, so to speak. , and tearing it to shreds through civil disobedience. The call to action here for the US and the West is clear: first and foremost, acknowledge her by commenting, tweeting and making statements. Importantly, they must understand her actions within the analytical framework of willingness on the part of Iranians in Iran for regime change, not reform.”

Lisa Daftari, editor-in-chief of The Foreign Desk and an expert on Iran, told Fox News Digital: “We see many examples of Iranian women courageously defying mandatory Islamic hijab laws in Iran. Iranian men and women have been protesting against the Islamic Republic’s oppressive rule that has been going on for decades, but especially since the Woman, Life, Freedom demonstrations following the assassination of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini two years ago. the hijab, the dress code for women and women in general central to the anti-war movement. opposition to the regime.”

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In this photo taken by a non-Associated Press employee and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by vice police in Tehran, October 1, 2022 . (AP photo/Middle East images, file)

She continued, “Each episode builds confidence among other Iranians to stand up against the regime’s oppressive laws.”

Iranian-American human rights activist Masih Alinejad wrote on She turned her body into a protest, stripped down to her underwear and marched. through campus – defying a regime that constantly polices women’s bodies. Her act is a powerful reminder of Iranian women’s struggle for freedom. Yes, we use our bodies as weapons to fight back a regime that kills women for showing their hair and Research University. She has since been arrested by authorities. Be her voice.

Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said during his 2024 campaign, in which women will be banned from running for president, that he will put an end to the infamous morality police patrols that arrest women for not adhering to hijab rules.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his vote in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 1, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Still, critics see Pezeshkian’s promise as empty rhetoric. Just last month, Iran’s Guardian Council passed the controversial Hijab and Chastity Law, meaning that “violation of the Hijab and Chastity Law carries a fine of three million tomans ($50).” The Iranian parliament is now assessing the bill.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei controls all laws and legislation in the highly repressive state. The president is largely a symbolic figure.