An Iranian woman stripped down to her underwear to protest the hijab law before being arrested and attacked by police while being ‘taken to a mental hospital’.

The unidentified young woman was seen in footage wandering around the campus of Tehran Islamic Azad University’s science and research branch before security guards detained her on Saturday.

In the video, which spread widely on social media, the woman is seen sitting with her arms folded and pacing back and forth on campus in her underwear.

In another clip, the moment he was detained by security forces and forced into a car was recorded.

University spokesman Amir Mahjoub confirmed X’s arrest, saying: ‘Following inappropriate behavior by a student in the university’s science and research department, campus security intervened and handed the person over to law enforcement.

An unidentified female student was arrested in Iran on Saturday after she was seen wandering around the campus of the science and research branch of Tehran Islamic Azad University in her underwear.

The bold move was an open protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code

It was reported that the student was seriously injured after the attack during his arrest.

‘The reasons and underlying causes of the student’s actions are currently under investigation.’

According to Reuters, Mahjoub added: ‘At the police station, it was determined that he was under serious mental pressure and had a mental disorder.’

However, some social media users claimed that the woman’s action was a deliberate protest.

“For most women, being in underwear in public is one of their worst nightmares, … This is a reaction to (the authorities’) stupid insistence on mandatory hijab,” said one user on X. commentary accompanying the video.

Iran International, citing the news release of the student group Amir Kabir, reported that the student was seriously injured following the attack during his arrest.

It was stated that the student ‘was harassed for not wearing a headscarf and undressed because her clothes were torn by the security forces’.

‘It was reported that the student’s blood stains were seen on the tires of the car,’ the bulletin said, adding that the student’s head was hit either by the car door or a pillar, causing heavy bleeding.

The fate of the woman is unknown, but the widely circulated daily Hamshahri said on its website: ‘An informed source has said that the perpetrator of this act has serious mental problems and will most likely be transferred to a hospital following investigations. mental hospital’

However, these claims have not been confirmed yet.

People supporting the Iranian community attend the Freedom for Iran Rally against the Iranian regime on February 22, 2023 in Rome, Italy

Mahsa Amini, 22, died on September 16, three days after falling into a coma following her arrest.

Amini died in custody for failing to comply with Iran’s ultra-conservative dress code, sparking outrage across the country and beyond

Amnesty International Iran has called on Iranian authorities to ‘immediately and unconditionally’ release the student who was brutally detained on Saturday.

“Until his release, the authorities must protect him from torture and other ill-treatment and provide him with access to his family and a lawyer,” a post on X said.

‘The allegations of beating and sexual violence against him during his arrest need an independent and impartial investigation. “Those responsible must be held accountable,” he continued.

Following nationwide protests in September 2022 after a young Iranian Kurdish woman was detained by morality police for allegedly violating hijab rules, a growing number of women defied authorities by removing their veils.

22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after she was caught by the morality police for not wearing her headscarf correctly.

Her death led to mass protests known as ‘Women’. Months of life and freedom in the country.

A year later, in October 2023, an Iranian teenager named Armita Geravand was injured in a suspicious incident in the Tehran subway while she was not covering her head.

He later died in hospital after falling into a coma.