Detained members of Women’s Movement
Name:Azadeh Forghani
Age: 32
Occupation: Teacher
Gender:Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: Cases: Reasons for Arrests (first case)
She was arrested during a peaceful gathering against discriminatory laws on june 12 2006
Current status:
a) Ruling: she was sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment with suspension for 5 years, but she could change this sentence to money.
b) Bail at: 22,222$ Cases: Reasons for Arrests (...)
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Movement’s Detainees
Iranian Women’s Movement Detainees
Feminist School: The Campaign for One million signatures continues and has made an impact within the society regardless of the ruthlessness encountered by the authorities and its security forces. All manner of excuses and justification is used such as imprisonment and torture of members and supporters to stop the campaign and Iranian Women’s movement in its tracks.
Within the last 2 years 68 women activists have been arrested for voicing their objection on the discriminatory laws in Iran.
To find out more on individual cases please click on names
translated by : Sahar Mofakham
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Azadeh Forghani
1 August 2008, by admin -
Ali-Akbar Mousavi Khoeini
1 August 2008, by adminName: Seyed Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoeini
Age: 40
Occupation: Tehran member of 6th parliament
Gender: Male
Activities: Tehran member of 6th parliament, ex general secretary of Tahkim vahdat (student organization)
Cases: Reasons for Arrests
He was arrested with 70 other activist during a peaceful protest in Haft e tir square on June 12 2006. he was held for 130 days in Evin prison
Current status:
a) Ruling: he was acquitted .
b) Prohibited to leave the county: he has (...) -
Khadijeh Moghaddam
1 August 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Khadijeh Moghadam
Age: 56
Occupation: Activist
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of campaign for one million signatures, mothers for peace, Funding member of single women co-opperative
Cases: Reasons for Arrest
She was arrested by security officials forcibly on the morning of April 8 2008 at her home in Tehran .she has been detained for 9 days. After several interrogations she has been accused of spreading (...) -
Elnaz Ansari
1 August 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Elnaz Ansari
Age: 26
Occupation: Journalist
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of campaign for one million signatures
Cases: Reasons for Arrest
She was arrested during silent protest in front of the Islamic revolutionary court in Tehran on March 4 2007
Current status:
a) Ruling: Waiting for deliberation
b) Prohibited to leave the county:
c) Bail at: 11, 000$
d) Latest elaboration of the case: she was (...) -
Raheleh Asgarizadeh
1 August 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Raheleh Asgarizadeh
Age: 27
Occupation: Graphic Designer and photography
Gender: female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: Member of one million signatures campaign
Cases: Reasons for Arrest
She arrested when she was collecting signatures in student’s (daneshjoo) park in Tehran on February 14 2008. she was held for 13 days in public ward of Evin prison.
Current status:
a) Ruling: not yet issued
b) Prohibited to (...) -
Nasim Khosravi
1 August 2008, by admindetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Nasim Khosravi
Age:
Occupation: Director of documentary
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: Member of one million signatures campaign and works for photo section for change website (photo4change.com)
Cases: Reasons for Arrests
1) June 2006
2) Esfand 2006
3) Collecting signatures*
4) Other
Reason for arrests or summons: she arrested when she was collecting signatures in student’s (daneshjoo) park in Tehran she was (...) -
Hana Abdi
1 August 2008, by adminName: Hanna Abdi
Age: 21
Occupation: University student of psychology, Payam e noor university in the city of Bijar
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: Member of Azarmehr women’s NGO in Kurdistan (Sanandaj) and one million signatures campaign
Cases: Reasons for Arrest
Seven of intelligence agents arrested Hanna in her grandfather’s house on November 4 2007 and then searched her house and confiscated materials related to one million signatures campaign as well (...) -
Amir Yaghoubali
1 August 2008, by adminName: Amir Yaghoubali
Age: 21
Occupation: journalist, univrsity student
Gender: male
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of men for equality committee in one million signatures campaign and member of Student Movement
Cases: Reasons for Arrest
He was arrested when he was collecting signatures on July 11 2007
Current status:
a) Ruling: May 25 2008 in branch no. 15 of revolutionary court he was sentenced to one year imprisonment
b) Prohibited to leave the (...) -
Ronak Safarzadeh
1 August 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Ronak Safarzadeh
Age: 21
Occupation: Graphist
Gender: female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of Azarmehr women’s NGO in Kurdistan (Sanandaj) and one million signatures campaign activist
Cases: Reasons for Arrest
Nine of intelligence agents arrested Ronak in her home and then searched her house on October 8 2007 and confiscated materials related to one million signatures campaign as well as her personal computer and (...) -
Asiyeh Amini
31 July 2008, by adminDetailed list of arrests/detained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Asiyeh Amini
Age : 32
Occupation: Journalist
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of campaign for stop stoning for ever
Cases: Reasons for Arrests
she was arrested during silent protest in front of the Islamic revolutionary court in Tehran in March 4 2007
Current status:
a) Ruling: Sentenced
b) Prohibited to leave the county: she has been prohibited to leave the country
c) Bail (...)