Jerusalem — An Iranian student stripped down to her underwear on Sunday on campus in Islamic Azad University of Tehran to protest an attack on her by the IRGC’s paramilitary militia, known as the Basij, for allegedly improperly wearing the mandatory hijab. Since it is part of the IRGC, the Basij is a US-designated terrorist organization.

The video of the unidentified woman walking around the campus of the university’s Science and Research Branch in her underwear quickly went viral on social media.

A university official confirmed the student’s arrest. “Following an indecent act by a student from the university’s Science and Research Branch, campus security intervened and handed the individual over to law enforcement authorities,” wrote Amir Mahjoub, the university’s general director of public relations, on X, previously known. as Twitter, according to a report by the London-based news organization Iran International reported

Fox News Digital could not independently confirm the student’s name, but media outlets in France and Germany identified her as Ahoo Daryaei.

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An Iranian student stripped down to her underwear to protest the attack on her because she was allegedly wearing the mandatory hijab inappropriately. (Courtesy: Iran International)

He added: “The motives and reasons behind the student’s actions are currently under investigation.”

The UN Special Rapporteur on Iran, Mai Soto, posted on X: “I will be closely monitoring this incident, including the authorities’ response. #Iran,” along with a video of a young woman sitting in a courtyard from the US government news station. Farsi outlet from the Voice of America.

According to Iran International, Amir Kabir Newsletter, a student group on Telegram, reported that the security forces of the Islamic Republic severely assaulted the young student. After the regime rammed his head into a car door or a pole, “Bloodstains from the student were reportedly seen on the tires of the car,” the newsletter said.

Iranian-American lawyer Elika Eftekhari told Fox News Digital: “Her protest may seem shocking to outsiders because it comes with the certainty of imprisonment, torture and rape as punishment at the hands of Islamic Republic officials. It reminds me of Jan Palach’s act of self-immolation in the former communist Czech Republic, it speaks to the widespread psychology of depression and hopelessness among Iranians, who often feel caught in a negative spiral both in the world, as well as towards their future”.

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People light a fire during a protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by Iran’s “morality police”, in Tehran on September 21, 2022. (West Asia News Agency)

Eftekhari, a member of the US-based Alliance for Human Rights and Democracy in Iran, added: “At the same time, there is tremendous strength in this expression of resistance, by taking the apartheid misogyny of the regime by the throat, so to speak so. , and tearing it apart through civil disobedience The call to action here for the US and the West is clear: First, acknowledge by commenting, tweeting and issuing statements the willingness of Iranians in Iran for regime change, not reform.”

Lisa Daftari, editor-in-chief of The Foreign Desk and an expert on Iran, told Fox News Digital: “We see many examples of Iranian women bravely defying mandatory Islamic hijab laws in Iran. Iranian men and women have been protesting the oppressive rule of the Islamic Republic for decades, but especially since the Woman, Life, Freedom demonstrations Following the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini two years ago, the hijab, women’s dress code and women in general have been at the center of anti-regime opposition.”

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In this freelance photo taken by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP from outside Iran, Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by moral police in Tehran, Oct. 1, 2022. . (AP Photo/Middle East Images, file)

She continued: “Each episode builds the confidence of other Iranians to rise up against the regime’s oppressive laws.”

Iranian American human rights activist Masih Alinejad wrote about X: “In Iran, a student harassed by her university’s moral police for her ‘inappropriate’ hijab didn’t back down. She turned her body into a protest, stripping down to her underwear and marching across campus—defying a regime that constantly polices women’s bodies. Her act is a powerful reminder of the Iranian women’s fight for freedom arrested by the authorities. Be her voice.

Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian said during his 2024 campaign, where women are not allowed to run for president, that he would end the infamous police patrols that arrest women for not following hijab rules.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his vote in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 1, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

However, critics see Pezeshkian’s pledge as empty rhetoric. Just last month, Iran’s Guardian Council passed the controversial Hijab and Chastity Bill, which means that “violating the Hijab and Chastity Law carries a fine of three million tomans ($50). Iran’s parliament is now considering the bill.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khameneicontrols all laws and legislation in the highly repressive state. The president is largely a symbolic figure.