How men can dress up as women in Iran and show solidarity

Resistance in Iran continues to take many forms. Global Voices shows us one way:

Hundreds of Iranian men have dressed as women in Hijab to support Majid Tavakoli, a student activist who was arrested on December 7. Iranian authorities claim Mr. Tavakoli was dressed as a woman to escape after delivering a speech in Tehran on Student Day.

However, human rights activists in Iran have also published a report from an eyewitness saying: “All the pictures published by the state media are false and a clear use of immoral means against student and civil activists in Iran.”

Hundreds of Iranian men are now dressed as woman in their FaceBook profiles. Here is a YouTube video in support of Majid that has collected some of these photos:

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