Houra Nikbakht, a renowned women’s rights activist and the publisher and managing editor of “Mashq-e Barabari (Equality Homework)” publications, has been detained in the women’s ward of Evin Prison since June 12, 2024.
Security forces arrested Houra Nikbakht after she reported to the Prosecutor’s Office of District 33 in Tehran. She had previously posted her summons on her X account, revealing that she was accused of insulting Ali Khamenei and disseminating propaganda against the state.
Nikbakht is also a university instructor and a prominent women’s rights activist.