Photo: UGC via Agence France-Presse In videos that have gone viral, the student is seen walking slowly in front of Tehran's Azad University in her panties and bra, before being brutally taken away in a car by men in civilian clothes.
Agence France-Presse in Tehran
Published yesterday at 11:00
- Middle East
Iranian justice indicated on Tuesday that it had not initiated any legal proceedings against a student arrested in Tehran after undressing in public in early November.
“Since she was transferred to the hospital and found to be ill, she was handed over to her family, who are currently taking care of her, and no legal proceedings have been initiated against her,” judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir told a news conference.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000In videos that have gone viral, the student is seen walking slowly outside Tehran's Azad University in her panties and bra, before being roughly taken away by men in plainclothes.
Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaei denounced the Iranian woman's “immoral” behavior, saying she had not been expelled from her university.
Allegations of “fragile psychological conditions”
The Iranian embassy in France had assured that the student “was suffering from certain family problems and fragile psychological conditions.”
On November 13, French diplomacy had sent the Iranian authorities “messages of concern, worry and dismay” after the alleged internment of the Iranian student.
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For its part, the NGO Amnesty International had reported “alarming information” about the student being transferred to a psychiatric hospital and recalled that “the Iranian authorities equate the rejection of the compulsory veil with a “mental disorder” requiring “treatment””.
The law in Iran has imposed a strict dress code on women since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, requiring them to wear a headscarf and loose clothing that conceals their curves.
The death in detention of young Mahsa Amini, arrested in 2022 for not respecting the dress code, had caused outrage and triggered a vast protest movement in the country.