A Female Iranian Student Takes Off Her Clothes In Protest After Morality Police Cracked Down On Not Wearing Hijabs, She Was Later Brutally Beaten

A female Iranian student was arrested on Saturday for removing her clothing in protest after reportedly being assaulted by security forces at Tehran's Islamic Azad University over improper hijab.

A video showing the student sitting in the courtyard of the university’s Science and Research Branch has gone viral on Iranian social media.

A university official later confirmed her arrest. "Following an indecent act by a student at the Science and Research Branch of the university, campus security intervened and handed the individual over to law enforcement authorities," Amir Mahjoub, Director General of Public Relations at Islamic Azad University, wrote on X. "The motives and underlying reasons for the student's actions are currently under investigation."

On the same day, Amir Kabir Newsletter, a student group on Telegram, reported details of the incident, saying that the student disrobed after being harassed for not wearing a headscarf and having her clothing torn by security forces.

During the student's arrest, she was subjected to severe physical assault, including her head striking either a car door or a pillar, which caused heavy bleeding. “Blood stains from the student were reportedly seen on the car’s tires,” the report noted.