Ten of the students who protested against the compulsory use of the veil in a sit-in held since 14 June at the Faculty of Art of the University of Tehran were arrested on Saturday by individuals in uniform at the university campus. The whereabouts of the students are unknown.

On 16 June, the students were violently attacked by Iranian security forces. According to the information received by JinNews, 10 students were arrested on Saturday by people in uniform in the garden of the university campus and taken on board a minibus without a license plate. In addition, Iranian special forces were deployed in front of the university.

According to the report by the Council of the Union of Iranian Students, the students were threatened by university security guards in the early hours of the sit-in on 14 June. However, the students continued their protests.

The Student Union Council reported that the water was cut off at the university and other students were not allowed to bring either water or food to the protesting colleagues. The students were not even allowed to use the toilets.

Since the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish girl killed by the Iranian morality police on 16 September 2022, a national uprising known by the slogan "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" continues throughout the country. Nine months on, although diminished in intensity, protests continue amid arrests, torture and executions of protesters.