Iran Frees Most Women Held After Protest

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Friday March 9, 2007 2:46 AM
By NASSER KARIMI
Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran has released all but three of 31 jailed women's rights activists, ordering them not to attend a protest to mark International Women's Day in front of the Iranian parliament, one of the women's lawyers said Thursday.

Hadi Ghaemi, Iran researcher at Human Rights Watch, said the three women still detained are in solitary confinement and have been on a hunger strike since Tuesday ...

Security forces arrested the women as they protested the prosecution of five women who are on trial for staging an allegedly illegal demonstration in Tehran in June 2006. The five were among 200 women who demonstrated for legal equality and the nullification of a law that allows Iranian men to have four wives.

Lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah said the women released Thursday were ordered not to attend a protest scheduled in front of the Iranian parliament to mark International Women's Day ...

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