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Amid, a lawyer, is also banned from practicing law for two years.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn September 2018, authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2018\/09\/05\/iran-intensified-crackdown-rights-defenders\u0022\u003Earrested\u003C\/a\u003E both activists at their homes and detained them in Ward 2A Evin Prison, which is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/28\/iran-evin-prison-irans-most-notorious-jail\/\u0022\u003Erun\u003C\/a\u003E by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 (IRGC) Intelligence Organization. HRANA \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.en-hrana.org\/womens-rights-activist-hoda-amid-released-on-bail\u0022\u003Eannounced\u003C\/a\u003E their \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.en-hrana.org\/womens-rights-activist-najmeh-vahedi-released-on-bail\u0022\u003Erelease\u003C\/a\u003E on bail over two months later, pending a court hearing. Vahedi and Amid\u2019s lawyers were \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.frontlinedefenders.org\/en\/case\/women-human-rights-rights-defenders-hoda-amid-convicted-and-najmeh-vahedi\u0022\u003Ereportedly\u003C\/a\u003E denied access to review the case throughout the appeals process, according to Frontline Defenders.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EVahedi and Amid\u2019s human rights work focuses on women and girls\u2019 empowerment, including by teaching them how to protect their rights in marriage through educational workshops. Iranian authorities cited these workshops as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iranhr.net\/en\/articles\/4530\/\u0022\u003Eevidence\u003C\/a\u003E that the women were working \u201cin line with the project of infiltration by weakening the foundation of the family with the aim of overthrowing [the Iranian government].\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/najmevaahedi\/status\/1360976757025878020?s=20\u0022\u003ETwitter thread\u003C\/a\u003E, Vahedi alleged that during her September 2018 arrest she was held in solitary confinement and interrogated about emails she had on her computer regarding a job offer from an unnamed organization, which she did not accept. Interrogators believed the job offer was linked to the Washington, DC-based nonprofit International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX). Vahedi was consequently charged for collaboration with \u201cthe hostile government of the United States against the Islamic Republic on women and family issues.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIranian women continue to face \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2021\/country-chapters\/iran#edeb0b\u0022\u003Ediscrimination\u003C\/a\u003E in personal status matters related to marriage, divorce, inheritance, and decisions relating to children. A long-awaited \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/iranian-society-under-crackdown#blog-377844\u0022\u003Edraft law\u003C\/a\u003E on violence against women remains stalled before parliament. In the past two years, authorities have \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2021\/country-chapters\/iran#edeb0b\u0022\u003Eprosecuted\u003C\/a\u003E several women\u2019s rights activists for their peaceful protesting against compulsory hijab laws.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]