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Woman strips to her underwear at Iran university in apparent protest.
A young woman stripped to her underwear at an Iranian university on Saturday (November 2) in an apparent protest against the country's strict Islamic dress code, according to online videos and media reports.
A video posted on social media showed security guards at a branch of the Islamic Azad University detaining the unidentified woman, who's fate was not known.
Reuters was able to confirm the location from the building characteristics, road layout, stairs, road signs, and cliff seen in the video matched file and satellite imagery. The date when the video was filmed was not confirmed.
University spokesperson Amir Mahjob said on X that "at the police station,...it was found that she was under severe mental pressure and had a mental disorder."
But some social media users suggested the woman's action was a deliberate protest.
"For most women, being ...in their underwear in public is one of their worst nightmares, ... This is a reaction to the (authorities') stupid insistence on the mandatory hijab," Lei La, a user on X, said in a comment accompanying the video.
Mass-circulation daily Hamshahri said on its website: "An informed source said...the perpetrator of this act has severe mental problems and, after investigations, she will most likely be transferred to a mental hospital."
Growing numbers of women have defied authorities by discarding their veils after nationwide protests that followed the death in September 2022 of a young Iranian Kurdish woman in the custody of the morality police for allegedly violating hijab rules. Security forces violently put down the revolt. -Report from Reuters
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