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Iranian woman strips clothes in protest after being assaulted for improperly wearing hijab - report

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Iranian woman arrested for stripping off her clothes in protest after she was allegedly assaulted by security forces at Tehran 's Islamic Azad University for not wearing a proper hijab.

University officials claimed that the woman was suffering from "severe mental pressure and had a mental disorder" Student groups shared mixed reports as to how she was wounded, with some claiming that the forces smashed her head into a nearby car or pillar.

Iranian - Kurdish woman whose death in police custody triggered worldwide protests in 2022 .

Amini , 22 , died three days after she was arrested in hospital after falling into a coma.

It sparked the first big show of opposition on Iran 's streets since authorities crushed fuel price protests in 2019 in which 1,500 people were killed.