Majid Tavakoli (born 1986) is a prominent student leader in Iran. He is a student at Tehran's Amirkabir University of Technology. He was arrested 3 times by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, the last time was on 7 December 2009, during the student protests over the disputed Presidential Election of 2009. In 2006 he was imprisoned for 15 months for insulting Islam and the Iran's leadership in student publications.

December 2009 Arrest After his December 7, 2009 arrest, semi-official new websites including Fars News and Raja News published pictures of Tavakoli dressed in women's clothing or the "hijab," taken while he was in custody. Raja News and other state media claimed Tavakoli was arrested dressed in "women's clothing" to avoid the security forces while escaping Amirkabir University in Tehran. Eyewitnesses present at the time of his arrest have denied these claims and stated that he was forced to put the hijab on while in custody, by the security forces, to discredit and ridicule him and compare him to Iranian ex-President Abolhassan Banisadr. In solidarity with Tavakoli, some Iranian men are taking pictures of themselves while wearing the Islamic hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran, and posting the pictures on various websites. They are calling for an end to Iran’s mistreatment of prisoners including Tavakoli. At the same time they are also sending a strong a message of solidarity with women in their fights for equal rights. One message echoed by many Iranian men was "until Iranian women are free, Iran will not be free. Iranian men: let's begin wearing the chador in solidarity with Majid AND the WOMEN of Iran".