Khorassan Razavi’s Police Chief announced that eight women working with a modeling network had been arrested in Mashhad, the capital of this northeastern Iranian province.
“The accused were turned in to the judiciary to go through the legal process,” Ghader Karimi added. (The state-run ROKNA news agency – November 23, 2017)
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We work extensively with Iranian women outside the country and maintain a permanent contact with women inside Iran. The Women’s Committee is actively involved with many women’s rights organizations and NGO’s and the Iranian diaspora.
The committee is a major source of much of the information received from inside Iran with regards to women. Attending UN Human Rights Council meetings and other international or regional conferences on women’s issues and engaging in a relentless battle against the Iranian regime’s misogyny are part of the activities of members and associates of the committee.
