Amnesty: Iran frees American-born grad student - CNN.com

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/11/iran.student.released/

(CNN) -- Iranian authorities have released an American-born graduate student on bail after holding her in prison for nearly a month, an Amnesty International spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Graduate student Esha Momeni was arrested last month in Iran and jailed after an alleged traffic violation. Esha Momeni, 28, had been working on a project on the women's movement in Iran when she was arrested October 15 for an alleged traffic violation, according to California State University-Northridge and Change For Equality, an Iranian women's movement.

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Created by Aggy on 14 November 2008

Aggy's thoughts:

The accusations held against Esha seem to be contrived by the Iranian authorities to scare women in Iran from campaigning for gender equality. Dont let this happen - show your solidarity with Iranian women's rights defenders

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