Concern has grown for an Iranian student arrested after stripping to her underwear in protest at alleged harassment over her dress, with activists worried authorities could confine her in a psychiatric institution.

Many activists regard her as a new icon of the struggle for women’s rights in country

Two days back, a young Iranian woman took the Internet by storm when she stripped to her underwear on a Tehran university campus, apparently to protest against the country's strict dress code for women.

Activists say the woman was protesting against the hijab laws, but authorities say she is mentally ill.

Quoting this post, a self-declared atheist and feminist X user named Priyanka Banerjee suggested that Indian Dalit women should also go nude on the streets to “smash Brahminical patriarchy”. | OpIndia News

A young woman stripped to her underwear at an Iranian university on Saturday in an apparent protest against the country's strict Islamic dress code, according to online videos and media reports. A video posted on social media showed security guards at a branch of the Islamic Azad University detaining the unidentified woman.

It's not as though those in charge will be shamed into giving women rights