social media<\/a>, it can be seen that security guards are detaining an unknown woman in a branch of Islamic Azad University.<\/p>\n“She was found to be under severe stress and suffering from a mental disorder at the police station,” university spokesman Aamir Mahjob told X.<\/p>\n
But some social media users termed the woman’s action as a deliberate act of protest.<\/p>\n
“For most women, wearing their underwear in public is one of their worst nightmares [\u2026] It’s a reaction to (authorities’) stupid insistence on mandatory hijab,” said Lee La, a user on X. In a comment with the video.<\/p>\n
The woman’s fate was not known but the widely circulated Hamshahri newspaper said on its website: “An informed source said that the perpetrator of the act suffers from severe mental problems and after investigations he may be released. Will be transferred to a mental hospital.”<\/p>\n
Following the September 2022 death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman in police custody for allegedly violating hijab laws, a growing number of women have taken off their veils to defy the authorities, following nationwide protests.<\/p>\n
Security forces violently crushed the uprising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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