One of the released protesters, Shahla Entesari, told Radio Farda that women's rights activists were planning to gather today in front of parliament to mark international Women's Day and call for equality.
"We will be there and we have called on women [to join us], we will emphasize our democratic demands and will try to prevent violence by acting peacefully," she said.
The UN and several human rights organizations inside and outside Iran had condemned the arrests and called on Iran to end the persecution of women's rights activists.
(with material from advarnews.us,meydaan.com)
Women In Iran
CALLING FOR MORE RIGHTS: Although women played key roles in Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the place of women in post-revolutionary society has been a vexing question. Iranian women have struggled to bring attention to their calls for greater rights in their country's rigid theocratic system, calls that have often clashed with the values proclaimed by conservatives in society. (more)
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