Five Women Among Protesters Detained In Mashhad
Five Women Among Protesters Detained In Mashhad Aug 15, 2019 Fifteen civil rights activists, including five women, were transferred from Vakilabad Prison to the Intelligence Department in Mashhad on Wednesday morning, August 14, 2019. The activists were arrested on Sunday, August 11, 2019, participating in a protest in front of the Mashhad court simultaneous to the trial of a university professor, Kamal Jafari Yazdi. Five women are among those detained, three of whom have been identified so far as Hurriyeh Farajzadeh, Fatemeh Sepehri, and Pouran Nazemi . The state-run Fars News Agency confirmed the arrests of the activists on Sunday, August 11, 2019, accusing the protesters of “disrupting security” and of “being in contact with groups supporting regime change.” In other news, Raha Ahmadi was transferred to Qarchak Prison in Varamin on Sunday, August 11, 2019, following an arraignment at the prosecutor’s office in Evin Prison. Ms. Raha...