A master’s student at California State University at Northridge is being detained in Section 209 of Tehran’s Evin Prison, run by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence, according to Amnesty International. The reported arrest is the latest involving scholars whose lives span the United States and Iran.
Esha Momeni had been staying with family in Iran while researching the country’s women’s movement, conducting video interviews with individuals involved in the “One Million Signatures” campaign. The campaign aims to end “discriminatory laws” against women in Iran.
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