Iranian Medical Student Summoned Amid Crackdown on Women

An Iranian medical student, suspended from the university during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, was recently summoned to a security institution.

Motaharah Goonei, a final-semester dental doctorate student at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, received a 24-month suspension and exclusion from education.

Arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in October 2022, she was barred from entering the university for months. 

The reason for her latest summons has not been reported. 

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Dina Qalibaf, a student at Tehran's Beheshti University, was arrested by security forces after she said she was "sexually" abused by the Morality Police.

Qalibaf recently posted on social media about being detained by the Islamic Republic's Morality Police, which enforces dress code regulations.

Qalibaf said she was "sexually" assaulted during the arrest.

While global attention remains on Israel's possible response to recent Iranian attacks, a government crackdown on women in Iran entered its fourth day.

According to eyewitnesses, the Morality Police and plainclothed agents are apprehending women wearing non-compulsory clothing on the streets of Iranian cities.