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Iran: Film-maker detained in notorious Tehran prison

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Unidentified officials arrest documentary maker and women's rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi at her home.

A prominent Iranian documentary film-maker and women's rights activist, whose work includes banned films about Iran's society, has been arrested by unidentified officials.

News of her arrest comes two weeks after another women's rights campaigner and photojournalist, Maryam Majd was arrested before departing Tehran as she tried to fly to Germany, where she intended to cover the Fifa Women's World Cup.

To read the whole article, got to the Guardian

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Unidentified officials arrest documentary maker and women's rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi at her home.

A prominent Iranian documentary film-maker and women's rights activist, whose work includes banned films about Iran's society, has been arrested by unidentified officials.

News of her arrest comes two weeks after another women's rights campaigner and photojournalist, Maryam Majd was arrested before departing Tehran as she tried to fly to Germany, where she intended to cover the Fifa Women's World Cup.

To read the whole article, got to the Guardian

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