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Iran Reportedly Arrests Four Women's Rights Activists

April 02, 2007

(RFE/RL)

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April 2, 2007 -- Four women's rights activists were reportedly been arrested in Tehran today.


The ILNA news agency reports that the women were collecting signatures for a campaign demanding equal legal rights for women in Iran.


Women's rights activists say Iranian laws are discriminatory against women.


(Reuters)

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