Monday, March 5, 2007

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women's demonstration smashed

An active women's organization in Tehran, Iranian wrote the following statement:

On 4 March, activists of the movement to defend women's rights who had gathered outside the Revolutionary Court, were arrested by repressive forces of the regime.
On Friday 2 Of March, activists called for the rally to protest against the arrest of women activists in recent weeks. The protest rally was the beginning of a trial against five activists as an opportunity to have been arrested on 12 June 2006, to a peaceful Protest had taken part. The women's demonstration was declared as an "illegal assembly against national security". Then ranged Nushin Ahmadi Khorassani, Parvin Ardalan, Susan Tahmassebi, Shahla Entesari and Fariba Davudi Mohajer up a letter of complaint to the court in which they complain about the aggressive approach of the security forces.

The Justice had stated on the June demonstration that 60 people had been arrested, including 42 women. Today, men and women had gathered outside the building since 8:30 of the Revolutionary Court. In the course of a wild raid 36 people were arrested. Some of those arrested are:
Nushin Ahmadi Khorassani, Nassrin Afsali, Zara Amjadian, Assiye Amini, Elnas Ansari, Parvin Ardalan, Mahbub Abasqolisadeh, Jila Bani Yaqub, Parastou Dokuhi, Farideh Entesari, Nahid Entesari, Shahla Entesari, Somayeh Farid, Asadeh Forqani, Nilufar Golkar, Fateme Gowarai, Mariam Hosseinkhah, Mahbub Hosseinsadeh, Sara Imanian, Nahid Jafari, Jelweh Jawaheri, Nahid Keshawars, Saghi Laghai, Sara Loghmani, Mariam Mirza, Mahnas Mohamadi, Rezvan Moqadam, minutes Mortazi, Zeinab Peyghambarsade, Shadi Sadr, Fakhri Shadfar, Susan Tahmassebi ...

Shadi Sadr, a lawyer and activist in the women's movement and defender of Shahla Entesari was arrested. As we know, were arrested in two Groups, first in the "Office for the fight against corruption in society" [1] and then into the office of Tehran's security police in Wozara.

It was also reported that officials have hit Nahid Jafari's head so hard on the floor of the bus that her teeth were knocked out. Yet she was not taken to a hospital.

The prisoners are currently located in Section 209 of the notorious Evin prison. It is believed that the aggressive approach of the Iranian security forces against peaceful women's demonstration is to be understood as a sign that the Islamic regime in this year, no demonstrations the occasion of International Women's Day on 8 March will allow.



4th March 2007


[1] vice squad

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