Iran arrests woman who stripped in protest at ‘abusive’ dress code policing
Amnesty International calls on authorities to release student, who reportedly had a violent confrontation with Basij paramilitaries
Amnesty International has called on authorities in Iran to “immediately and unconditionally” release a female student who was arrested after stripping to her underwear in what the organisation described as a public protest against harassment relating to the country’s strict dress code.
The incident took place after the woman, who has not been identified, reportedly had a confrontation with members of the Basij paramilitary force who ripped her headscarf and tore at her clothes inside Tehran’s prestigious Islamic Azad University.