Student Ahoo Daryaei stripped down in protest at Azad University in Tehran on Saturday, opposing Iran’s Islamic dress code that requires women to wear the hijab. She was then violently arrested, and her whereabouts have since remained unknown. Amnesty International has called for her ‘immediate and unconditional’ release.
‘Iranian authorities must release the student who was violently detained after removing her clothing in protest against the abusive enforcement of mandatory veiling,’ Amnesty International stated on social media.
‘Until her release, authorities must protect her from torture and other mistreatment and ensure access to her family and lawyer.’
In Iran, women who do not comply with the Islamic dress code can face prison sentences of up to 10 years.
An Iranian student news outlet reports that earlier, members of a paramilitary group harassed her, tearing her hijab and clothing.
The outlet also claimed she was beaten during her arrest and noted that no information is available regarding her condition or whereabouts.
The incident occurred over two years after the protests that rocked Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman arrested for allegedly violating the dress code.
During those protests, some women defied authorities by removing their headscarves, but the demonstrations were later violently suppressed by the authorities.
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