(CNN) -- A new anti-government movement has sprung up among protesters in Iran -- and now among their supporters in other countries -- with men posting pictures of themselves on the Internet wearing women's head scarves as a political statement. The movement began in recent days as an online backlash after the arrest of one anti-government protester, Majid Tavakoli. The day after his arrest, an Iranian news agency published a picture of Tavakoli dressed in a chador, a black head-to-toe garment worn by Iranian women. The government claimed the man had been caught wearing the garment in an attempt to hide himself and avoid arrest, but opposition bloggers insisted that the photo published by the semi-official Fars news agency had been manipulated.
@highlight
Anti-government protester Majid Tavakoli recently arrested
@highlight
Iranian news agency then published picture of Tavakoli dressed in a chador
@highlight
Government critics say the picture was doctored and meant to humiliate Tavakoli
@highlight
To show solidarity, Iranian men post pictures of themselves with head scarves on Internet
A Facebook page created Friday night for Tavakoli exhorts supporters to "condemn the state media's behavior towards @placeholder," and "act in solidarity ... to affirm his status as a known symbol of integrity."