A British woman has been locked up in a notorious jail in Iran – for trying to watch a men's volleyball match.
Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, was arrested and taken to Tehran's Evin jail a few days after attempting to watch a volleyball match between Iran and Italy on June 20.
She has spent 41 days in solitary confinement, according to her family.
Ms Ghavami went to the Azadi Stadium – which ironically means 'freedom' - with other women to protest against Iran's stricture, introduced after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, forbidding females to attend male sporting events.
At first Ms Ghavami, who is studying law in London, was arrested then released, but when she went back to fetch her belongings, she was re-arrested and jailed.
Several others involved in the demonstration were also detained.
Her brother, 28-year-old Iman Ghavami, told ITV News: '[The family] can barely hold themselves together.
'They are torn apart – not just my parents but my grandparents, my uncles, everybody.'
Iran's head of police, Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam, told the Fars news agency: 'In the current conditions, the mixing of men and women in stadiums is not in the public interest.
'The stance taken by religious scholars and the supreme leader remains unchanged, and as the enforcer of law, we cannot allow women to enter stadiums.'
Why can't these Europeans mind their buziness?every country in the world has a right to enact laws n enforce dem..Y go watch a match wen u know it's off limits for u?.... mind ur own buziness....stay in ur Goddard countries.....
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DeleteThis need to be said ppl, repeat after me pls.. one man meat is another man poison..what was she trying to prove? Ok Iranian Imamsss, pls pardon her, we will talk to her!
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DeleteAbi nau sis, if u know the law why break it?but we promise to punish her by our own law plssss.. let her come bck home to us.
ReplyDeleteSpot on! "Come back home to us"............meaning u are in the UK? Nice 1!!! @Anon 20:42!!! x
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