Fourth Women’s Rights’ Activist Arrested in Iran in Less Than a Month

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For the fourth time in less than a month, authorities in Iran have arrested a women’s rights’ activist.

Maryam Azad was taken into custody at Tehran’s airport as she was boarding a plane to Istanbul.

Women rights’ activists have been getting arrested in Iran to an alarming degree.

Her charges?

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The 31-year-old researcher was simply trying to open Iran’s sharia guided doors to women’s rights.

And remember: Islam is the religion the left — the supposed feminists of the left, in particular — love to tout.

From Iran Human Rights:

A 31-year-old researcher from the city of Shiraz, Azad is the fourth women’s rights advocate to be detained in Iran in less than a month. The authority that arrested her and any charges against her are unclear.

Women’s rights activists Hoda Amid and Najmeh Vahedi were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran on September 1, three days before they were scheduled to host a workshop on Iran’s marriage laws. Rezvaneh Mohammadi was arrested by security agents at her home in Tehran on September 3.

All three women were involved in training workshops on equal marriage rights and other peaceful activities related to women’s rights. They were all arrested at their homes without a warrant. No information regarding the charges or where they are being held have been disclosed, and the families have been denied visitations or phone calls.

“Iran’s authorities think they can stop people from advocating for women’s rights by locking them up, but unlawful arrests will not silence the growing number of people who are standing up for women’s rights in Iran,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).

“It has been 25 days since the temporary detention of my sister Nahmeh Vahedi and we are still seeking our rights as citizens,” Reza Vahedi tweeted on September 25.

On September 18, Reza Vahedi had tweeted that his mother “calmed down a bit” after visiting Najmeh in Evin Prison in Tehran on that day.

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arturo
arturo
5 years ago

Meanwhile, here in the USA, Linda Sarsour is teaching “liberal” women’s right activists how to wear a hijab!

taxpayer22
taxpayer22
5 years ago
Reply to  arturo

In Arabic, Sarsour means “cockroach”. Sorry cockroaches.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

That is priceless and so TRUE!!!!!!!

taxpayer22
taxpayer22
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

One way to expose women like DC March organizer Linda Sarsour, is to invoke what her prophet Muhammad said about women. ‘ women are in short of reason ‘.

Quran (4:34) .. The Koran instructs men to beat their wives..

Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

Agree. And the first Muslim democrat president imported 200,000 yearly legal and illegal muslims and deported christians back to ISIS to be slaughtered after they tried to make it to America http://tinyurl.com/mtc3xch

And those who dared to help were threatened to shut up and MSM would not cover it !

Vlad
Vlad
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

Yes, 100% correct. It is amazing that some people’s names describe them PERFECTLY!
So, we can expect that the “women’s rights” movement will now march onto Teheran and demand the release of those unjustly detained girls?

Bloody wimps, these brainless “women rights” pussy hats

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago
Reply to  arturo

This is why leftist feminism is doomed to implosion.

taxpayer22
taxpayer22
5 years ago

Iranian Persian women are protesting the repressive Islamist laws. They are sick of the forced Hijab, Sharia law, and Sharia slavery. Sharia police monitoring them constantly for what they wear, what they say, what they drink, where they go, and what kind of relationships they have.

During the protests in Iran, have Western feminists issued a simple statement of support for these extraordinary women, let alone take any concrete actions to help them.?

If you want to see true feminists, these women are the real promoters of women’s rights: they are risking their lives. They are not just uttering silly slogans from their safe spaces.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

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R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

They along with a few others, such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali, are the true hope for the future.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

The Iranian people need to topple their government. Look at the contrast BEFORE and AFTER their last revolution.

http://10news.dk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IranBeforeAfter1979.jpg

http://turba-urba.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/01-5.jpg

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

The number of countries that have shook off the shackles of islamic imperialism can be counted on the fingers of one hand. The number of countries putting on the shackles of islamic imperialism can’t be counted on all of a Japanese macaque’s fingers.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

Just FACTS!
ANYWHERE Muslims dominates, this follows:
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http://i.magaimg.net/img/28h2.jpg

Mohammed_Goldberg
Mohammed_Goldberg
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

If the democRATS in the US get their way, you will have the same type on before and after pictures.

Mohammed_Goldberg
Mohammed_Goldberg
5 years ago

She will probably be tortured and mutilated while in prison. Happens quite often in muslim countries.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

The feminists of the West are very eager to defend the hijab in their country, it’s a good way to show everyone how “tolerant” they are. Less so when defending Muslim women from oppressive governments who force the hijab onto women.

Scott
Scott
5 years ago

cut out her clit, rape her with iron bars for several weeks then cut her pathetic little head off and set her corpse in fire to keep these broads in check!

created4el
created4el
5 years ago

Linda Sarsour should go to Iran and do her women’s march there… then again the women there would probably object to having such a hypocrite in their midst.

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