Iranian student Ahou Daryaei in her underwear on her university campus in Tehran on Nov. 2, in protest against compulsory veiling. (Credit: Screenshot from X)
Ahou Daryaei is not a political opponent, she is “mentally ill.” That’s how the Iranian regime seemingly intends to portray women who break the compulsory veiling law. This young woman, who was seen in a Nov. 2 video walking in her underwear in front of her university in Tehran, was bundled into a car and transferred to a psychiatric hospital. Daryaei had stripped down to her underwear in an act of protest after being harassed and beaten by university security guards for not wearing a headscarf. “Since she was transferred to the hospital and found to be unwell, she was handed over to her family, who are currently taking care of her, and no judicial action has been taken against her,” said judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir on Nov. 19.Activist Kianoosh Sanjari, 43, was repeatedly detained, after which he said he had undergone forced...
Ahou Daryaei is not a political opponent, she is “mentally ill.” That’s how the Iranian regime seemingly intends to portray women who break the compulsory veiling law. This young woman, who was seen in a Nov. 2 video walking in her underwear in front of her university in Tehran, was bundled into a car and transferred to a psychiatric hospital. Daryaei had stripped down to her underwear in an act of protest after being harassed and beaten by university security guards for not wearing a headscarf. “Since she was transferred to the hospital and found to be unwell, she was handed over to her family, who are currently taking care of her, and no judicial action has been taken against her,” said judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir on Nov. 19.Activist Kianoosh Sanjari, 43, was repeatedly detained, after which he said he had...