Iranian student warns 'barbaric' regime is taking nation 'hostage,' executing civilians to end unrest

"This situation that is happening in Iran, they call it [a] rescue mission, especially the people inside Iran," said Rahimi, who left Iran several years ago and is now studying in the United States.

"This barbaric, brutal regime treats women in a very intense way. If there is a protester, a woman protester, in the street of Iran, they're going to arrest them, and they're going to put them in a jail and, at the end, they're going to hang them as they're doing it like those executions that are happening," she added.

"They actually don't care how much you cover yourself, if you just have your bangs, a little bit of your hair out of your hijab, they're [going to] arrest you," she said.