Iran detains woman who stripped to her underwear at university in apparent protest

The woman stripped down to her underwear in an apparent act of protest after university security forces reportedly stopped her for not wearing a headscarf.

Woman strips to her underwear in an apparent protest at a Tehran university

A young woman stripped to her underwear at an Iranian university in an apparent protest against the country's strict Islamic dress code, according to online videos and media reports. A video posted ...

Iran reportedly arrests female university student who stripped in protest

Amnesty International calls on Iran to free woman said to have been "violently arrested after she removed her clothes in protest" of harassment by authorities.

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Iran arrests woman who stripped in protest at ‘abusive’ dress code policing

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Iran urged to release woman detained after undressing at university

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

Iran says woman detained after undressing released without charge

Ahoo Daryaei was released from a psychiatric ward into the care of her family, Iranian authorities say.

Iran detains female student for undressing in protest

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Iranian police arrest woman after a fight with motorcyclist who accosted her

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Pro-Palestinian protesters detained at banned demonstration in Amsterdam

Police detained people in Amsterdam for taking part in a demonstration that was outlawed after violent clashes targeting fans of an Israeli soccer club.

Dozens detained after protesters defy ban in Amsterdam

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Brown University suspends pro-Palestinian group following protests

Brown University has suspended the school's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine while it investigates allegations of violent threats made during a recent protest. WJAR's Erin Coogan reports.

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Amsterdam police detain pro-Palestinian protesters at banned demonstration

Police have detained several people for taking part in a demonstration in central Amsterdam that had been outlawed following violent clashes targeting fans of an Israeli soccer club

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Amsterdam police detain pro-Palestinian protesters at banned demonstration

Police have detained dozens of people for taking part in a demonstration in central Amsterdam that had been outlawed following violent clashes targeting fans of an Israeli soccer club

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Amsterdam police detain pro-Palestine protesters defying ban

Dozens held under emergency measures imposed after violence that erupted around football match. Police have detained pro-Palestinian protesters rallying in central Amsterdam in defiance of a ban ...

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Iran's military in a statement suggests a cease-fire in Gaza Strip and Lebanon trumps any retaliation against Israel

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US-Iranian journalist believed to have been detained in Iran

News of Reza Valizadeh’s imprisonment comes as Iran marks 45th anniversary of US embassy hostage crisis. An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a US government-funded broadcaster is ...

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Israel's first open attack on Iran targets missile sites and apparently spares oil and nuclear ones

Israel has attacked Iran with pre-dawn airstrikes in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired on Israel earlier this month

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Harris eyes Howard University for her election night headquarters

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Fears grow that woman arrested for undressing in Iran could be tortured in psychiatric unit

Protesters and political prisoners are being drugged, tortured and beaten in state-run institutions, say rights groups. Human rights organisations say they are gravely concerned that a young ...

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Germany recalls ambassador from Iran as it protests the execution of an Iranian German prisoner

Germany has protested to Iran over the execution of Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces

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Rachel Reeves: The chess fanatic playing Labour's first big gambit

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Physicist Who Made Superconductor Claims Exits University of Rochester

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Liberty University sued by former IT staffer fired after disclosing she’s a trans woman

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Dutch police detain 50 protesters at pro-Palestinian rally after soccer unrest

Dutch police said they took away more than 300 pro-Palestinian protesters who ignored a ban on demonstrations in Amsterdam on Sunday and detained 50 more following clashes involving Israeli soccer ...

A driver who struck a crowd in a Chinese city, causing multiple injuries, has been detained

Police have detained a 62-year-old man after he rammed a car into people exercising at a sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai and fled

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A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris

A French student detained for weeks in Tunisia has returned to Paris after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions

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Drunk teenager who killed driver after being thrown off last bus detained for four years

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An Australian Woman Trying to Rescue Her Phone Gets Stuck Between Boulders

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Woman and her dog rescued from waist-high flooding in Spain

A woman and her dog were airlifted to safety in eastern Spain, as torrential rain caused deadly flooding so high that rescuers had to swim through chest-high waters to get to her. According to the ...

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