Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani

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Noushin Ahmadi is an Iranian author, translator, essayist, journalist, women's rights activist [1] and community activist. [2] She is one of the founding members of the One Million Signatures campaign. [3] She was also a founder of Women's Cultural Center. [4] (Markaz-e Farhangi-ye Zanan). The Women's Cultural Center is an "NGO that focuses on women's health, as well as legal issues". [5] Khorasani also wrote several books about the women's movement in Iran. [6] Khorasani was the 2004 winner of the Latifeh Yarshater Award, given by the Persian Heritage Foundation, for a book she co-authored with Parvin Ardalan about the country's first female lawyer, Mehrangiz Manouchehrian, titled "Senator: the Work of Senator Mehrangiz Manouchehrian in the Struggle for Legal Rights for Women". [7]

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In 2007 she, together with Parvin Ardalan, was sentenced to three years in prison for "threatening the national security." [8] Ahmadi was released on 22 September 2010 after she appeared before the Evin Prison Court "to provide some explanations," and was informed of her charges. [9] Ahmadi was interrogated when she first appeared in court on Tuesday following a summons, and was asked to return the next day to meet with "case analysts." On 23 September, she was informed of her charges of "propagation activities against the regime through: (a) writing and publishing content against the regime on the Feminist School website, [10] and (b) participation in the illegal gatherings after the 2009 elections,". [11] After being informed of her charges, Ahmadi defended herself and she was released to a custodian. She was released until her trial date. [12] Ahmadi's trial was held on 11 March 2012 in Branch 26 of the Islamic revolutionary court. On 9 June 2012, she was sentenced to one year of suspended imprisonment and five years of probation. [13]

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  1. ↑ Iranian Women Campaign to End Discriminatory Laws against Them (11 December 2009). VOA.
  2. ↑ How Does Iran Celebrate International Women's Day? (8 March 2010). RadioFreeEurope.
  3. ↑ Courageous and Principled: Shiva Nazar Ahari (28 August 2010) by Muhammad Sahimi. PBS Frontline.
  4. ↑ Interrogations of Women Continue (27 June 2006) by Maryam Dastgir. Cyrus News. Archived 8 July 2011; accessed 27 January 2007.
  5. ↑ Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani: Two Decades in the Struggle For Women's Rights, Tavaana. Archived 13 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Women’s rights in Iran by Marco Werman (interviewer; 27 November 2009), The World. Archived 25 March 2012.
  7. ↑ Tehran: 2 women's rights activists charged with "national security" violations by Doug Ireland (21 June 2006). Direland.
  8. ↑ Debating Women: Gender and the Public Sphere in Post-Revolutionary Iran by Ziba Mir-Hosseini. In: Civil Society in Comparative Muslim Contexts by Amyn Sajoo (ed). London: I.B Tauris & Institute of Ismaili Studies (2002). pp. 109, 116-117.
  9. ↑ Further Attempts to Silence the Campaign: Activist Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani Facing Charges of Propaganda and Illegal Assembly (24 September 2010). Civil Society Watch. Archived 26 September 2011.
  10. ↑ Internet censors target ayatollahs, feminists and students (8 October 2010). IFEX.
  11. ↑ Editor Awaits Trial For Feminist Website Content (23 September 2010). Iran Almanac. Archived 18 July 2011.
  12. ↑ Editor Awaits Trial For Feminist Website Content (22 September 2010). Center for Human Rights in Iran.
  13. ↑ Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2012): 03.06.2012- Wave of arrests and convictions of journalists undiminished in Iran (5 December 2012). Reporters without Borders. Archived 24 December 2012.
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