An Iranian student took off her clothes after being attacked with a veil
International Editorial Staff (EFE).- An Iranian student took off her clothes on a university campus in Tehran this Saturday in protest against aggression by security agents for not wearing the Islamic veil.
Video circulating on social networks shows a young woman wearing underwear walking in the courtyard of the Tehran University of Science and Research.
According to eyewitnesses, the student took off her clothes after security officers attacked her for not wearing a hijab.
Other images show the moment when several people, apparently members of university security, escort the student away in a car that does not look like a police patrol car.
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The girl has been shifted to an unknown place.
Official sources have not yet responded to the incident, however, Hamshahri newspaper has denied that the woman was abused for not wearing a veil and reported that the security personnel only verbally called her attention. Had done.
Iranian authorities have been trying to re-enforce the hijab for two years, using measures such as confiscating vehicles or the return to the streets of morality police, who arrest women who do not wear the veil.
Despite this, following the death of young Mahsa Amini in police custody after being arrested for allegedly not wearing a veil properly, many Iranian women do not cover their hair as a sign of defiance and defiance before the Islamic Republic.
In late September, the Guardian Council – the body that vetoes legislation – gave its approval to a bill on chastity and hijab, which tightens the punishment for not wearing the veil, punishable by up to five years in prison.
Parliament had already approved the rule, which now must be promulgated by Iran’s president, reformist Massoud Pezhekian, who promised during the election campaign that he would relax the country’s strict dress code, which has not happened. .