Canadian jailed in Iran over ‘feminism and security’ issues
Family rejects claims from Iranian media outlets that Homa Hoodfar was ‘fomenting a feminist soft revolution’
The Canadian Press
June 26, 2016
MONTREAL – A Montreal-based university professor being held in an Iranian jail is being investigated for ‘dabbling in feminism and security matters,’ according to her family.
Homa Hoodfar’s niece, Amanda Ghahremani, said the Tehran public prosecutor made a statement to Iranian media on the case on Friday.
Ghahremani said the family doesn’t know whether Hoodfar has been charged with a crime.
She said the prosecutor’s statement was the first indication of why the 65-year-old professor has been held in Iran’s notorious Evin prison since her arrest on June 6.
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