from Guajardo: Esha Momeni, a graduate student at California State University at Northridge, was arrested October 15 for a "traffic violation." She has been in an Iranian prison for over a week. Momeni is part of the California branch of Change for Equality which is a women's rights organization. She was in Tehran conducting interviews with those involved in the women's right's movement. When she was arrested she was taken to her home where her materials used in her research were confiscated.
Not even Momeni's family has been told details of her situation or when she will be released. After being held five days, Momeni's parents visited the court for answers but were told not to return. Iranian officials have not commented at all on this situation. The prison Momeni is being held is known as the Evil Prison, which is notorious for holding political prisoners.
Momeni's lawyer says that the Iranian court privately told her parents that her involvment with the Change for Equality organization is the cause of her detainment. Her lawyer upholds her stand that because Momeni is merely conducting research and has not taken up arms against the government, her imprisonment is unethical.
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