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☆ Famed Iranian Rights Lawyer Reportedly Jailed and Beaten
  + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Leily Nikounazar | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested and severely beaten, her husband said on Monday — one of several activists taken into custody at the funeral in Tehran of a girl who was fatally injured after a reported confrontation with the enforcers of Iran’s strict dress code for women. The activists were arrested on Sunday at the funeral of Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old who died last week following what many believe was an encounter over not covering her hair on Tehran’s subway, in defiance of the law imposed by the Shiite Islamic government. Ms. Sotoudeh, 60, is renowned for representing women who have not worn a hijab, the traditional head scarf, while in public, and for refusing to wear one herself. She has been imprisoned several times, and most recently had been convicted at a secret trial in 2019 of security-related crimes, but was released in 2021 because she suffers from heart disease and other ailments. Her husband, Reza Khandan, said in an interview she had called him in the middle of the night to tell him what had happened, including that her glasses were broken in custody.
Persons: Nasrin Sotoudeh, Armita, Sotoudeh, Reza Khandan Organizations: Islamic Locations: Tehran
☆ Opinion: A button, a love story, and an Iranian couple who will not be silenced
  + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Opinion Jeff Kaufman | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
We were also moved by the continued defiance represented by the “I Oppose the Mandatory Hijab” button that Nasrin wore on her jacket. Iranian couple Nasrin Sotoudeh and Reza Khandan, with their friend and fellow activist Farhad Meysami (center) after being released from prison earlier this year following a lengthy hunger strike. Nasrin: When Reza and I first met, we were working at a magazine that presented a dialogue on social issues. Kaufman: Nasrin, you have one of the last “I Oppose the Mandatory Hijab” buttons in Iran (the government destroyed the rest). Reza KhandanFor example, when I was arrested, Reza and Farhad made the ‘I Oppose the Mandatory Hijab’ buttons in the hope that people would wear them.
☆ Protests in Iran over Mahsa Amini's death reflect the stiffling of all women
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Parnaz Foroutan | Parnaz Foroutan S Memoir | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +9 min
The year I spent in Iran, young and wild and hopeful, I lived in the shadow of fear. After the death last week of Mahsa Amini while in police custody for violating hijab laws, Brig. The Iranians risking their lives by taking to the streets are there to protest not only Amini’s death, but the threatened death all women face daily. The year I spent in Iran, young and wild and hopeful, I lived in the shadow of fear. A month before Amini’s death, Raisi issued an order to increase the restrictions on and enforcements of women’s hijab and chastity in Iran.
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