Farhad Meysami, a longtime civil activist who protested the mandatory hijab, was released from prison on Friday, February 10th. His career focused on non-violence stands in stark contrast to his upbringing in a community where violence was ubiquitous. "I grew up in a subculture where violence was n
dubai, united arab emirates - Iran on Friday released dissident Farhad Meysami — jailed for protesting Iran's requirement that women wear hijab
The decree by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, part of a yearly pardoning the supreme leader does before the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, comes as authorities have yet to say how many people they detained in the demonstrations.
Farhad Meysami's lawyer Mohammad Moghimi posted on Instagram images of the gaunt, skeletal naked torso of the doctor and rights campaigner, who is jailed in the Rajai Shahr prison, in the city of Karaj outside Tehran.