Detained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Niloufar Golkar
Age: 25
Occupation: university student
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of campaign for 1 million signatures and member of Student Movement
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: not yet issued
b) Prohibited to leave the county:
c) Bail at: 11,000 $ (...)
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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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Niloofar Golkar
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Nahid Jafari
31 July 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Nahid Jafari
Age: 50
Occupation:
Gender: female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of women’s cultural center and campaign for 1 million signatures
Cases: Reasons for Arrest
She was arrested in front of Islamic revolutionary court on March 4 2007
Current status:
a) Ruling: she has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment with suspension for 2 years and 10 lashes. she was acquitted on August 2008 in under review
b) (...) -
Rezvan Moghadam
31 July 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Rezvan Moghadam
Age: 50
Occupation: Professor of University in Mathematics
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of campaign for 1 million signatures and Talashgaran e Salamat Society
Cases: Reasons for Arrest
She was arrested in front of the revolutionary court on March 4 2007
Current status:
a) Ruling: the ruling has been issued and the appeal is under review
b) Prohibited to leave the county: (...) -
Minoo (Marzieh) Mortazi Langroodi
31 July 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Marzieh Mortazi Laneroudi
Age: 55
Occupation:
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of mothers for peace
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: she was sentenced to 6 months of imprisonment with 10 lashes with suspension of two years
b) Prohibited to leave the county: she has (...) -
Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani
31 July 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani
Age: 39
Occupation: Writer, Publisher
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: she is one of founders of Women’s Cultural Center, campaign of one million signatures, Feminist school’ Group and Editor the feministschool site.
Cases: Reasons for Arrest (the first case)
She was summoned because of peaceful gathering against discriminatory laws on June 12 2006.
Current status:
a) Ruling: the (...) -
Parvin Ardalan
31 July 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Parvin Ardalan
Age: 42
Occupation: Journalist
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of women’s Cultural Center and campaign for one million signatures
Cases: Reasons for Arrest (first case)
She was summoned because of peaceful gathering against discriminatory laws on June 12 2006
Current status:
a) Ruling: the branch no 6 of revolutionary court has sentenced her to three years of imprisonment. The court (...) -
Delaram Ali
31 July 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name:Delaram Ali
Age:25
Occupation:Social Worker
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of campaign one million signatures
Cases: Reasons for Arrest
She was arrested with 70 other participants on peaceful demonstration against discriminatory laws .her arm was broken by security forcess on June 12 2006
Current status:
a) Ruling:she was sentenced to 34 months imprisonment and 10 lashes on charge of participating (...) -
Somayeh Farid
30 July 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name: Somayeh Farid
Age: 26
Occupation: Engineer
Gender: female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of campaign for 1 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: not yet issued
b) Prohibited to leave the county:
c) Bail at: 11,000 $
d) Latest elaboration of the case: she (...) -
Nasim Soltan Beygi
28 July 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name:Nasim Soltanbeygi
Age: 22
Occupation: Student
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of Student movement
Cases: Reasons for Arrests
She was arrested during a peaceful gathering with 70 other activists in haft e tir square on June 12 2006 .she was held for 8 days in Evin prison section 209 .
Current status:
a) Ruling: she was sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment with suspension for 5 years.
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Farnaz Seifi
28 July 2008, by adminDetained members of Women’s Movement
Name:Farnaz Seifi
Age: 25
Occupation: webloger and translator
Gender: Female
Activities in division of the women’s movement: member of Women’s Cultural Center and campaign for one million signatures
Cases: Reasons for Arrests
She was arrested on January 26 2007 in the airport while she was travelling to New Delhi for an educational journalism workshop with two other members of women’s cultural center. She was transferred to the Evin prison and held (...)