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Iran:UPDATE - Human rights lawyer, Mohammad Dadkhah, released on heavy bailposted on: 2009/09/14

Front Line welcomes the release of human rights defender, Mr Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who has been released today on bail of 500 million Toman (USD 500.000). Mohammad Ali Dadkhah is a prominent human rights lawyer and founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC). On 6 July 2009, security officers arrested Mohammad Ali Dadkhah at his office in Tehran as he and other lawyers met to review the new by-laws restricting the work of the Bar Association. Please see the original Front Line appeal on behalf of Mohammad Ali Dadkhah: See Original Front Line appeal on behalf of detained human rights defenders

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Iran: Esha Momeni, Member of the Iranian One Million Signatures Campaign released on bailposted on: 2008/10/23

Case Update

Esha Momeni Iranian-American student who had returned to Iran to complete her thesis involving a film documentary on women's situation -arrested on 15 October 2008-, has been released on a 198000 dollar bail from Evin prison. According to Reza Momeni, her father, Esha is not allowed to leave Iran and has to be present in a political court hearing on charges of "acting against national security and propagating against the government". These charges are heavy enough to have her sentenced to a life prison term. Read more about Esha Momeni's release.