Mehdieh Golrou, the Iranian student and women’s rights activist currently jailed in Evin Prison, has refused to accept any belongings from her family and demanded her release. Golrou, who had been held in the 2-Aleph ward of Evin Prison, was moved to a general ward in December, and the prison authorities informed her family […]
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Jailed student activist gets brief respite
Iranian student activist Majid Tavakoli, who was arrested in the 2009 election protests, was released on Saturday August 23 for a four-day leave. The Etemad Newspaper reports that Tavakoli was released from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. Tavakoli, a former member of the Amir Kabir Islamic Student Association, was last arrested after giving a […]
Student Activist Released for Five-Day Furlough After 55 Months in Jail
After 55 months in prison, most of which has been spent in exile, Iranian student activist Zia Nabavi was released on bail of approximately $168,000 for a five-day furlough today, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Zia Nabavi is a former member of the Babol Industrial University Islamic Association, […]