Iran urged to release woman detained after undressing at university

Human rights activists person called connected authorities successful Iran to merchandise a pistillate who was detained aft removing her apparel astatine a university, successful what they said was a protestation against the compulsory hijab laws.

A video surfaced connected societal media connected Saturday showing the pistillate successful her underwear sitting connected immoderate steps and past walking calmly on a pavement astatine the Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University successful Tehran.

In a 2nd video, the pistillate appears to region her underwear. Shortly afterwards, plainclothes agents are seen forcibly detaining her and pushing her into a car.

Azad University said the pistillate suffered from a “mental disorder” and had been taken to a “psychiatric hospital”.

Many Iranians connected societal media questioned the assertion and portrayed her actions arsenic portion of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” question that has seen galore women publically defy the laws requiring them to screen their hairsbreadth and deterioration long, loose-fitting clothing.

More than 500 radical were reportedly killed during nationwide protests that erupted 2 years agone aft a Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died successful constabulary custody aft being detained for not wearing hijab “properly”.

The Amirkabir Newsletter Telegram transmission - which describes itself arsenic “Iranian pupil question media” and was the archetypal to people the communicative - reported that the pistillate had an altercation with information agents implicit not wearing a headscarf, starring to her undressing during the scuffle.

It said the woman’s caput deed the doorway oregon framework of the plainclothes agents’ car portion she was being detained, causing it to bleed, and that she was taken to an undisclosed location.

Witness told BBC Persian that the pistillate entered their people astatine Azad University and began filming students. When the lecturer objected, she left, yelling, they said.

According to witnesses, the pistillate told the students: “I’ve travel to prevention you.”

Iranian media meantime released a video of a antheral with his look blurred who claimed to beryllium the woman’s ex-husband and asked the nationalist not to stock the video for the involvement of her 2 children. BBC Persian has not been capable to verify the man's claims.

“When I protested against mandatory hijab, aft information forces arrested me, my household was pressured to state maine mentally ill,” said Canada-based women’s rights activistic Azam Jangravi, who fled Iran aft being sentenced to 3 years successful situation for removing her headscarf during a protestation successful 2018.

“My household didn’t bash it, but galore families nether unit do, reasoning it’s the champion mode to support their loved ones. This is however the Islamic Republic tries to discredit women, by questioning their intelligence health,” she added.

Amnesty International said Iran “must instantly and unconditionally merchandise the assemblage pupil who was violently arrested”.

“Pending her release, authorities indispensable support her from torture and different ill-treatment, and guarantee entree to household and lawyer. Allegations of beatings and intersexual unit against her during apprehension request autarkic and impartial investigations. Those liable indispensable held to account,” it added.

The UN Special Rapporteur connected Iran, Mai Sato, posted the footage connected X and wrote that she would beryllium “monitoring this incidental closely, including the authorities' response”.

Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate who is presently imprisoned successful Iran, issued a connection saying she was gravely acrophobic astir the case.

“Women wage the terms for defiance, but we bash not bow down to force,” she said.

“The pupil who protested astatine the assemblage turned her assemblage - agelong weaponized arsenic a instrumentality of repression - into a awesome of dissent. I telephone for her state and an extremity to the harassment of women.”