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This horrific video shows the injuries an Iranian woman sustained after she was viciously flogged by guards more than 70 times when she refused to abide by the nation's strict Islamic dress code laws.
The harrowing clip, which was shared on X by Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad, shows an unnamed Tehran woman in her underwear showing her injuries.
Footage shows how the woman's entire back is bruised, as well as the top of the back of her thighs.
Grim purplish-red marks can also be seen across her chest.
According to Alinejad, the clip was personally sent to her by the woman, who said she was arrested after she refused to wear a hijab.
After several months of court hearings, the woman was sentenced to 74 lashes, which caused the severe injuries shown in the clip.
In her X post, Alinejad wrote: 'This video, sent to me by a woman from Tehran, shows her scars from being lashed for not wearing a hijab.
'As the regime prepares to enforce [the] Hijab bill, remember: Gender apartheid in Iran is systemic slavery'.
An unnamed Iranian woman has sustained horrific injuries after she was flogged more than 70 times by guards for refusing to wear a hijab. Image shows a massive bruise on the woman's back as she holds a slogan that says: 'Woman, Life, Freedom'
Footage shows how the woman's entire back is bruised, as well as the top of the back of her thighs
The woman was reportedly arrested and sentenced to 74 lashings for defying the strict Iranian dress code
In a separate post, Alinejad shared an image of the same woman's bruised back as she holds a sign with the slogan: 'Woman, Life Freedom'.
Alinejad captioned the post: 'This is the brutal reality of life for women under the Islamic Republic in Iran. A woman in Tehran sent me this photo of her scarred back, flogged for the "crime" of showing her hair. Yet, she refuses to be silent.
'Holding a Woman, Life, Freedom slogan, she took this photo as a powerful act of defiance declaring: “The morality police arrested me for resisting their van. My ‘crime’ was unveiling. After months of court hearings, I was sentenced to 74 lashes. The cleric overseeing the punishment stood there to ensure it was carried out. I won’t give up my fight against this brutal regime, but we are fed up with living as prisoners in our own homeland.”
'Her scars tell the story of oppression, but her courage speaks of a revolution.
'This is a barbaric law, this is terrorism.'
It comes after a 16-year-old girl tragically took her life in Iran last month after she was threatened with expulsion by her school after she was recorded dancing without a hijab.
An image of Arezoo Khavari's final moments, which shows her balancing on the edge of a building, circulated on X following her death, with several social media users condemning Iran's strict dress code laws.
The teen's tragic death and the circumstances around it came just days after an Iranian woman who stripped down to her underwear in protest over hijab laws was arrested.
The harrowing clip, which was shared on X by Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad, shows an unnamed Tehran woman in her underwear showing her injuries.
Footage shows how the woman's entire back is bruised, as well as the top of the back of her thighs.
Grim purplish-red marks can also be seen across her chest.
According to Alinejad, the clip was personally sent to her by the woman, who said she was arrested after she refused to wear a hijab.
After several months of court hearings, the woman was sentenced to 74 lashes, which caused the severe injuries shown in the clip.
In her X post, Alinejad wrote: 'This video, sent to me by a woman from Tehran, shows her scars from being lashed for not wearing a hijab.
'As the regime prepares to enforce [the] Hijab bill, remember: Gender apartheid in Iran is systemic slavery'.
An unnamed Iranian woman has sustained horrific injuries after she was flogged more than 70 times by guards for refusing to wear a hijab. Image shows a massive bruise on the woman's back as she holds a slogan that says: 'Woman, Life, Freedom'
Footage shows how the woman's entire back is bruised, as well as the top of the back of her thighs
The woman was reportedly arrested and sentenced to 74 lashings for defying the strict Iranian dress code
In a separate post, Alinejad shared an image of the same woman's bruised back as she holds a sign with the slogan: 'Woman, Life Freedom'.
Alinejad captioned the post: 'This is the brutal reality of life for women under the Islamic Republic in Iran. A woman in Tehran sent me this photo of her scarred back, flogged for the "crime" of showing her hair. Yet, she refuses to be silent.
'Holding a Woman, Life, Freedom slogan, she took this photo as a powerful act of defiance declaring: “The morality police arrested me for resisting their van. My ‘crime’ was unveiling. After months of court hearings, I was sentenced to 74 lashes. The cleric overseeing the punishment stood there to ensure it was carried out. I won’t give up my fight against this brutal regime, but we are fed up with living as prisoners in our own homeland.”
'Her scars tell the story of oppression, but her courage speaks of a revolution.
'This is a barbaric law, this is terrorism.'
It comes after a 16-year-old girl tragically took her life in Iran last month after she was threatened with expulsion by her school after she was recorded dancing without a hijab.
An image of Arezoo Khavari's final moments, which shows her balancing on the edge of a building, circulated on X following her death, with several social media users condemning Iran's strict dress code laws.
The teen's tragic death and the circumstances around it came just days after an Iranian woman who stripped down to her underwear in protest over hijab laws was arrested.
