The moment a fearless woman fought against and beat a motorcyclist who ‘sexually harassed her while passing by’ in Iran, before she was arrested ‘for not wearing a headscarf’

A woman who responded to the allegation that a motorcycle driver sexually harassed her on the street in Iran was arrested for not wearing a headscarf.

In the images published on social media, it can be seen that the motorcyclist tried to touch the woman from behind while passing by.

The victim, identified as 25-year-old Turkish woman Roshanak Molaei Alishah, is seen pushing her attacker to the ground while scolding him for his actions.

Hengaw Human Rights Organization, a Norway-based Kurdish NGO, announced that Roshanak was detained by Iranian security forces.

In the images published on social media, it is seen that the motorcyclist touched the woman from behind while passing by.

The woman was identified as 25-year-old Turkish Roshanak Molaei Alishah.

Separately, the Iranian Center for Human Rights confirmed that he was arrested on November 3 after posting a clip of the attack on social media.

CCTV footage shows her not wearing the headscarf required by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad shared the following on X: ‘In the distorted logic of this regime, it is not the attack that is a crime; It was real that her hair was visible while she was doing this.

‘So now, instead of punishing the attacker, they are filing a lawsuit against him for violating the sacred headscarf law.

‘Because in a country they destroyed, showing a strand of your hair is more criminal than attacking a woman.’

According to Metro, Roshanak, whose current fate is unknown, was previously arrested for participating in protests against the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini two years ago.

A spokesperson for Hengaw Human Rights Organization added: ‘He was initially held in Evin Prison, but was later transferred to Qarchak Varamin Prison.’

He tries to push the attacker off the motorcycle as he passes by

CCTV footage shows her not wearing the headscarf required by the Islamic Republic of Iran

It comes after an Iranian woman who stripped down to her underwear to protest the hijab was allegedly attacked by police and admitted to a mental hospital earlier this month.

The unidentified young woman was seen in the footage wandering around the science and research branch campus of Tehran Islamic Azad University before security guards detained her.

In the video, which was widely circulated on social media, the woman is seen sitting with her arms folded and pacing back and forth on campus in her underwear.

In another clip, the moment he was detained by security forces and forced into a car was recorded.

University spokesman Amir Mahjoub confirmed X’s arrest, saying: ‘Following inappropriate behavior by a student in the university’s science and research department, campus security intervened and handed the person over to law enforcement.

‘The reasons and underlying causes of the student’s actions are currently under investigation.’

According to Reuters, Mahjoub added: ‘At the police station, it was determined that he was under serious mental pressure and had a mental disorder.’

However, some social media users claimed that the woman’s action was a deliberate protest.

“For most women, being in underwear in public is one of their worst nightmares, … This is a reaction to (the authorities’) stupid insistence on mandatory hijab,” said one user on X. commentary accompanying the video.

An unidentified female student in Iran was arrested after she was seen walking around in her underwear on the campus of Tehran Islamic Azad University’s science and research branch.

The bold move was an open protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code

It was reported that the student was seriously injured after the attack during his arrest.

Iran International, citing the news release of the student group Amir Kabir, reported that the student was seriously injured following the attack during his arrest.

It was stated that the student ‘was harassed for not wearing a headscarf and undressed because her clothes were torn by the security forces’.

‘It was reported that the student’s blood stains were seen on the tires of the car,’ the bulletin said, adding that the student’s head was hit either by the car door or a pillar, causing heavy bleeding.

The fate of the woman is unknown, but the widely circulated daily Hamshahri said on its website: ‘An informed source has said that the perpetrator of this act has serious mental problems and will most likely be transferred to a hospital following investigations. mental hospital’

However, these claims have not been confirmed yet.

Following nationwide protests in September 2022 after a young Iranian Kurdish woman was detained by morality police for allegedly violating hijab rules, a growing number of women defied authorities by removing their veils.

22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after she was caught by the morality police for not wearing her headscarf correctly.

Her death led to mass protests known as ‘Women’. Months of life and freedom in the country.

A year later, in October 2023, an Iranian teenager named Armita Geravand was injured in a suspicious incident in the Tehran subway while she was not covering her head.

He later died in hospital after falling into a coma.