The authorities of Iran would not tolerate setting-up of any kind of activities around International Women’s Day, which is on eighth of March.
On fourth of this month, some activists were detained outside a court in Tehran where they were protesting the detainment of four other activists.
Thirty-three protestors were arrested after gathering outside the court to show their solidarity with the four women who were facing trial for their activities protesting Iran’s laws that discriminate against women.
Irene Khan, Amnesty International’s Secretary General said,
Rather than arresting peaceful demonstrators, the Iranian authorities should be taking seriously women’s demands for equality before the law and addressing discrimination against women wherever it exists in the Iranian legal system.
Under Iran’s constitution, protesters have the right of assembly provided they are not carrying arms or defaming Islam. Yet Nusheen Ahmadi Khorasani, Shahla Entesari, Parvin Ardalan, Sussan Tammasebi and Fariba Davoodi Mohajer went on trial Sunday on charges of acting against national security by participating in an illegal gathering.
