2012 International Women’s Day Heroes: Just a few of the thousands of courageous Iranian women activists, artists, lawyers, journalists who are detained, jailed, exiled, black-listed, and harassed. From left to right:
artist Bahar Sabzevari
photographer & filmmaker Tahmineh Monzavi
actress Pegah Ahangarani
Haleh Esfandiari, author of My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran
journalist Nazanin Khosravani
activist & documentary filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi
human rights activist and journalist Shiva Nazar Ahari
writer, attorney, & activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, presently serving an 11-year sentence
journalist and human rights activist Zhila Baniyaghoub
In case any of us missed this post last week.
(via kateoplis)