The video of a young student in her underwear in the courtyard of the Free University of Tehran makes the news buzz since Saturday November 2 evening. This case comes a little more than two years after the death of Mahsa Amini for disrespect, which provoked violent demonstrations across the country.
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With our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi
In the video, we see the young student in panties and a bra sitting on stairs while a guard is making a call, presumably to ask for help.
Then, she gets up and goes to the avenue where she walks several dozen meters. She even takes off her panties on the way. A little further, she is finally surrounded by women in chadors who forcefully push her into a car.
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According to the version published on social networks, she was injured during her arrest. She allegedly took off her clothes to protest against the university guards who had asked her to respect the veil and tore her clothes.
But for university officials, the version is quite different. This young student, says the university, is the mother of two children and has psychological problems, because she separated from her husband, hence her attitude. In any case, she was taken to the police station before being sent to a hospital for psychiatric problems.
“ Fight against a regime that kills women who show their hair »
Iranian actresses have shown solidarity with Ahou Daryaie, 30 years old and a French student. Lawyers also said they were ready to defend her. “ A student harassed by the moral police at her university because of her hijab “inappropriate” did not back down. She transformed her body into a protest, stripping down to her underwear and marching around campus, exclaims Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad on her X account. Her gesture strongly recalls the struggle of Iranian women for freedom. Yes, we use our bodies as weapons to fight against a regime that kills women for showing their hair. »
International human rights organizations have called for his immediate release, such as Amnesty International in Iran : “ Iranian authorities must immediately release university student violently arrested on November 2 after she took off her clothes in protest against abusive security behavior », We can read on the X account.
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