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Free Esha!

Petition for the immediate release of Esha Momeni

We strongly encourage all readers to sign the following petition addressed to senior figures in the Islamic Republic of Iran and demand Esha Momeni's immediate release . Additionally please, forward the link to others:

We, the undersigned, have heard with great alarm of the arrest in Tehran, on Wednesday October 15, 2008, of Esha Momeni, a graduate student in film and communication at California State University, Northridge. This arrest was made by Tehran traffic police on the pretext that she had made an illegal turn, but we have since been informed that she has been transferred to Section 209 of Evin Prison and kept in solitary confinement.

We wish to make clear that at no time has Ms. Momeni been involved in any activities contravening the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran. She had returned to Iran for an extended visit mainly for the purpose of seeing family and friends, and also in order to carry out research related to her MA degree at California State University, Northridge. Ms. Momeni, a women's rights defender and a volunteer of the California branch of a grassroots campaign called the "One Million Signatures Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws", decided to make her Master's thesis project a personal exploration of the shared experiences of everyday Iranians. This included interviews with some members of the Campaign. The activities of the Campaign are peaceful and merely aimed at reforming the Iranian laws in areas that discriminate against women; the Campaign has no political objectives.

Those who are privileged to know Ms. Momeni are fully aware of the sincerity and passion for justice which she brings to the promotion of a truer image of Iran outside the country, and we are therefore dismayed that she should have been arrested and detained despite not having engaged in any unlawful activities.

We, the undersigned, therefore demand Ms. Momeni be released immediately and without conditions so that she can return to complete her education. In addition we urge you to:

1 -- Guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Ms. Esha Momeni;

2 -- Assure that while in detention she is granted immediate and regular access to her family, a lawyer of her choice, and any medical treatment necessary in light of her medical condition (kidney stones);

3 -- Ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and with international and regional human rights instruments ratified by Iran >>> sign petition

24-Oct-2008
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Please free Esha. We

by Rhonda (not verified) on

Please free Esha. We respect the rights
of Iranians to return home....please respect the rights of Americans to return home.

Thank you Iran.

Rhonda

St. Louis, MO USA


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All women,

by Padma (not verified) on

especially those of us that enjoy the freedoms to go where we want, dress the way we like and have some control over our lives, should be concentrating our attentions on freeing this sister. This was most assuredly a set-up and we should hope and pray for her safe release. What happens to one, happens to all. Have courage, Esha, you are in our thoughts.


aynak

Let's have a chat SAVAMA agents ok?

by aynak on

 

Let's assume you are among those officers who are geninunely interested in Iran's security. Your leaders claimed enemy number one, that is Zionist Israel has programs to invite Non-Israeli born Jews to go and visit Israel so they can return with a good impression.

Here's a link

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright_Israel

Presumably after their return, they will become an automatic supporter of Isreal.

Then ask yourself, what real threat does a student make to Irans national security to have her in Evin Prison?

Whose interest does this idiotic arrest serve? Assume for a moment she is an agent, are you so incompetent that you can not keep track of a kid, and arresting her and in section 209 of Evin is the only way?

May be in your twisted logic, you think this will send a message to all future would be young Iranian researchers not to do research while in Iran?

 

Congratulations,

If the net result of this is for many parents to discourage their kids from visiting Iran, which countries interest are you serving?

 

 

 

 

 


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Thanks ... BUT

by AnonymousFish (not verified) on

Thanks for your efforts. I am for freeing her. BUT, there is more to the story than what the U.S. media has given us.

She was set up for it and her thesis committee members must be blamed in addition to the U.S. State Dept. for taking advantage of this young student.


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Please let her out of

by Chico (not verified) on

Please let her out of prison. She is not a criminal.


Arash Monzavi-Kia

Best wishes for Esha

by Arash Monzavi-Kia on

Thanks for the good effort.

Just signed.

Hope that she will be freed soon. 

Arash M-K