— Iran: Human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr reportedly arrested
— “Prominent lawyer, women’s rights activist and journalist Shadi Sadr was arrested by plainclothes policemen on her way to Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s much-anticipated Friday sermon, according to several reformist websites.”
— “The activist group blog Mothers of Laleh reported that Sadr was walking with several other female activists when she was approached by individuals in civilian dress who refused to show a warrant before forcing her into a waiting car.”
— “Sadr, who also edits the Farsi news website womeniniran.com, was arrested and held for two weeks in 2007. She has clashed with authorities numerous times over her outspoken stance on women’s rights and capital punishment.”

— CNN: Group: Human rights lawyer detained as Iran unrest spirals
— “Government agents used tear gas to disperse demonstrators, and beat and kidnapped a human rights lawyer, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Saturday, citing witnesses.”
— “The advocacy group said human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr, who was walking with friends to Friday prayers, was confronted by people dressed in civilian clothes. They pushed her into a car and drove off, the group said, citing witnesses.”
— “In a subsequent telephone call to her husband, Sadr said she had been arrested and detained in ward 209 of Tehran’s Evin prison, the group said.”

— Wikipedia: Women’s rights in Iran
— “Despite the heavy participation of women in the Islamic Iranian Revolution of 1979, their rights of dress, employment, movement (by sex segregation) were severely curtailed by the new government under Ayatollah Khomeni.”
— “In the 1990s women began to make small political gains, and in 1997 they heavily voted for the reformist cleric Mohammed Khatami for President who appointed reformists to high positions, including one female vice-president. However, under the administration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad women’s rights advocates have been beaten, jailed and persecuted,and the use of Siqeh — or temporary marriages considered by many a form of legalized prostitution — promoted.”