Nasim Eshqi discovered climbing in 2005. She grew up in the Islamic Republic of Iran, but it was only after leaving that Eshqi was able to find her voice and speak out against injustices facing women in her home country. In this story from Alpinist 85, Tom Dauer shares more about the climbing and activism that drive Eshqi, who became a human rights activist after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s “morality police.”
Two months ahead of the parliamentary elections, Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, convicted at a trial in October, have been released from prison on bail pending their appeal.
More than a year after deadly Western-backed riots in Iran, two women masquerading as journalists have been given prison sentences for involvement in subversive activities against the country.
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