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Report: Three Prominent Iranian Women’s Rights Activists Arrested in Iran

The online daily Rooz reported that Iranian authorities have arrested three leading Iranian women's rights activists, Mansoure Shaja'i, Tala'at Taqi Niya, and Farnaz Seifi, as they were preparing to fly to a cultural conference in India. So far, no reason has been given for their arrest.

Source: Rooz, Iran, January 28, 2007

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