Iranian authorities arrested a female student on Saturday after she protested alone outside her university against harassment by stripping down to her underwear.

According to reports from several news outlets and social media channels outside Iran, the woman, who has not been identified, was harassed inside the Tehran Azad University of Science and Research by members of the Basij militia who shaved her head. And tore the clothes.

She then took off her clothes and sat outside the university in protest, surprising passers-by before walking down the street in just her underwear, videos posted on social media channels showed.

Under the mandatory dress code in Iran, women must wear headscarves in public and in loose-fitting clothing that covers the entire body.

The footage, which was first posted by the Iranian student social media channel Amir Kabir Newsletter, was published by several Persian-language outlets, including the Dadban Legal Affairs social media channel, Hangao Rights Group and Iran Wire News. Website.

The footage appears to have been shot by onlookers in a neighboring building. Another video shows him being picked up in a car by men dressed in plain clothes and taken to an unknown location.

The Amir Kabir Newsletter alleged that he was beaten during his arrest.

It was not immediately possible to confirm the reports, but Iran’s conservative Fars news agency confirmed the incident in a report and published a heavily blurred photo with the student.

It said the student was wearing “inappropriate clothing” to class and was “measured” after being warned by security guards to comply with the dress code.

Citing “witnesses”, he insisted that the security guards spoke “calmly” with the student and denied reports that their actions were aggressive.

In 2022, unprecedented women-led protests began calling for the end of the mandatory dress code following the death in custody of Mehsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman who was arrested for alleged violations.

The protests, which saw women flout taboos by removing headscarves and sometimes burning them, were quelled by a crackdown that left 551 protesters dead and thousands arrested.