Majid Tavakoli, a student who was arrested after he gave a speech urging fellow students at Amir Kabir university to reject "tyranny" was reportedly captured wearing the chador, the dress favoured by the most devout Iranian women.

Photographs released by the Iranian state media of Tavakoli wearing a black chador, and a blue scarf around his unshaven face, were seen as an attempt to humiliate him by opposition supporters.  In a mockery of what opposition supporters feel is a "crude attempt by the authorities to humiliate and discredit" Mr. Tavakoli, hundreds of men have donned chadors and posted the photographs on the Internet.

The Independent reports "men taking part in the "Be a Man" web campaign draped their heads with colorful scarves in hundreds of mocking self-portraits. Some were bearded, others smiled for the camera, while some covered their mouths. Many wore green, the adopted colour of the opposition and flashed "V for victory" signs."

Men turn tables on regime by donning headscarves and dresses