An Iranian student undresses in protest against the strict hijab dress code

A university student in Tehran stripped down to her underwear in protest after being harassed by campus security officers because of her hijab.

The videos, which have been widely circulated on social media, show an unidentified female student sitting outside the campus in her underwear while security guards surround her.

In another video, she is seen walking around campus in a bra and panties, while stunned fellow students film her on their cellphones.

Her act of resistance began after a standoff at the Azad University Research Center on Saturday, when security forces physically assaulted a student for not wearing a headscarf.

According to the Iranian student social media news channel Amir Kabir and witnesses who spoke to The Telegraph, in response to having her clothes ripped off, she decided to take off her remaining clothes in protest.

Several witnesses confirmed her subsequent detention by the authorities. In the video, security officers can be seen abducting her from the campus.

Officers detain the student by force

The video showed about 10 guards forcefully pushing the young woman into the car. The footage shows a group of officers beating her up before she was taken into custody.

“Oh God, how many of them attack just one person?” – heard one viewer. “I can’t believe what I’m seeing,” said another.

“Around noon at the entrance to the faculty, I saw a girl who was grabbed and taken away by force,” one of the witnesses from Tehran told The Telegraph.

“She didn’t wear a headscarf. They then reached the security building at the entrance, where a male and female security guard grabbed her and tried to force her into the office.

“She resisted and her hoodie was ripped off her body, this made her very angry and she took off the rest of her clothes.

“She angrily yelled at them and took off her pants – she sat outside the campus for a few minutes and the officer became more aggressive.

“I didn’t see much, but a few minutes after she started walking, a couple of plainclothes police ambushed her and pushed her into the car.”

Student media reported that she suffered injuries during her arrest, including a severe brain injury after being hit by a car. According to eyewitnesses, traces of blood were visible at the scene.

#Girl of science and research

The footage was widely distributed in Iran, and the student has already become a powerful symbol of resistance, attracting the attention of the entire country under the hashtag: “Girl of science and research.”

“If courage had a face,” wrote one user on X with a photo of the girl. “This brave girl is my leader,” another user wrote.

Amir Mahjoub, director of public relations at the university, said she was transferred to a “police station” and claimed she was under “severe mental stress and suffering from psychological disorders.”

The Farhikhtegan newspaper, linked to the university, also claimed, citing “official and unofficial sources”, that the student had “serious psychological and mental problems”.

The report added that after university security officers handed her over to the police, she was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital.