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Topless Iranian women protest Hijab

Female Iranian activists staged a topless protest in Sweden on Saturday, Huffington Post has reported.

Female Iranian activists staged a topless protest in Sweden on Saturday, Huffington Post has reported.

Members of the Iranian Communist Party and the Organization Against Violence on Women in Iran shed their tops in a demonstration against hijabs - the traditional headscarf worn by many women in Muslim countries - Huffington Post reported citing Russia Today.

The activists, who organised the rally on Facebook, protested in Sweden's capital, Stockholm. The protest was dedicated to International Women's Day, which is celebrated on March 8.

According to Huffington Post, the partially nude women bore painted slogans such as "My nudity is my protest" and "No to hijab" on their chests and backs during the protest.

In video footage of the protest, a masked women using a microphone shouted: 'Hijab is not my choice" and "Down with Islamic Republic of Iran", the report said. 

FEMEN, the Ukrainian women's group known for using nudity in its demonstrations, posted photos of the Iranian women's topless protest on its website in a show of solidarity.