Arrest of Najmeh Vahedi, Women's Rights Activist

Hours after reports about the arrest of Hedi Amidi, a lawyer and women's rights activist, the Twitter account of the website "Barabari," which is active in women's rights, announced that Najmeh Vahedi, another women's rights activist, has also been arrested. This Twitter account wrote that following the arrest of Najmeh Vahedi and Hedi Amidi, a workshop on marriage contract conditions scheduled for Tuesday, September 4, has been canceled. According to reports, these two women's rights activists were conducting workshops on women's rights. No reports have been published regarding the reasons for the arrest of these two individuals. Hedi Amidi had previously written in support of the campaign "Changing the Male Face of Parliament" launched before the tenth parliamentary elections to increase the number of female representatives in parliament. In recent years, several women's rights activists have been arrested. Farhad Mishtami, a 48-year-old civil activist and doctor, was arrested on July 30, and according to his mother, he has been on a hunger strike since then in protest against his arrest and "unjust accusations" and has been transferred to a medical facility. Sadiqeh Pishnamaz, Mr. Mishtami's mother, stated in an interview with Radio Farda that the reason for her son's arrest was possession of several badges that read, "I protest against compulsory hijab." On Saturday, September 24, Roya Saghiri, a student arrested during the protests of December 2017 and an opponent of compulsory hijab in Iran, was transferred to Tabriz prison to serve a 23-month sentence. Additionally, several protesters against compulsory hijab, known as the Girls of Revolution Street, have been sentenced to prison. Source: Twitter, Hahrana website, and Radio Farda; A.M/S. In this context, the head of the Women's Faction of Parliament called for "a documented report on the performance of the Guidance Patrol." Larijani supported the beating of a "non-hijab" girl by a law enforcement officer. The Research Center of Parliament reported a 50% decrease in individuals who consider hijab valuable. "All defendants in the case of the International Women's Day gathering in Tehran were acquitted." The arrest of a third lawyer in two days. Changing the battlefield of "proxy wars"; war against the people in the streets of Iran. Iran's crisis; the responsibility of opponents and the possibility of radicalizing Iranian society. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iran crisis. 1 "Doctors' statement" about the "evidence" of the killing of protesters under treatment. 2 The account of three witnesses regarding the situation in Isfahan province; "like war-torn areas." 3 The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iran crisis. 4 Trump announced an agreement to hold a meeting about Greenland in Davos. 5 Trump emphasized the "halt of executions in Iran": we do not know what will happen in the future.