Iranian headscarves are to be "cured" in a new psychiatric clinic
A psychological clinic is to be opened in Tehran to treat women who oppose the mandatory veil, reports London-based Iran International.
Claiming that democracy activists are mentally ill is a common ploy by the Iranian regime, both to trivialize their protests and to silence them. This is what several media outlets are writing after a student escaped prosecution for a nude protest a couple of weeks ago because, according to the authorities, she was ill, according to the BBC. She was admitted to a psychiatric hospital instead.
- Even if she had problems with her mental health, it is not up to the police or the judiciary to make a diagnosis, and being admitted to a psychiatric clinic should not be a punishment, says human rights activist Sedigheh Vasmaghi to Radio Free Europe.
Naked protesting student escapes prosecution in Iran
The student who protested discrimination against women in Iran by stripping in public in Tehran on November 2 has been released without charge, Iranian authorities announced.
In a video that was immediately circulated on social media, the woman is seen walking around in a bra, panties and socks on the campus of the Islamic Azad University and addressing the people around her. In another video, she is overpowered by a group of men and taken away in a car.
- As she was sent to hospital and it was established that she was ill, she has been handed over to her family, says the court's spokesperson Asghar Jahangir according to AFP.
The Minister of Education, Hossein Simaei, calls the student's protest "immoral and immoral" and believes that whoever shares the images is "spreading prostitution".
A psychological clinic is to be opened in Tehran to treat women who oppose the mandatory veil, reports London-based Iran International.
Claiming that democracy activists are mentally ill is a common ploy by the Iranian regime, both to trivialize their protests and to silence them. This is what several media outlets are writing after a student escaped prosecution for a nude protest a couple of weeks ago because, according to the authorities, she was ill, according to the BBC. She was admitted to a psychiatric hospital instead.
- Even if she had problems with her mental health, it is not up to the police or the judiciary to make a diagnosis, and being admitted to a psychiatric clinic should not be a punishment, says human rights activist Sedigheh Vasmaghi to Radio Free Europe.
Naked protesting student escapes prosecution in Iran
The student who protested discrimination against women in Iran by stripping in public in Tehran on November 2 has been released without charge, Iranian authorities announced.
In a video that was immediately circulated on social media, the woman is seen walking around in a bra, panties and socks on the campus of the Islamic Azad University and addressing the people around her. In another video, she is overpowered by a group of men and taken away in a car.
- As she was sent to hospital and it was established that she was ill, she has been handed over to her family, says the court's spokesperson Asghar Jahangir according to AFP.
The Minister of Education, Hossein Simaei, calls the student's protest "immoral and immoral" and believes that whoever shares the images is "spreading prostitution".
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