Iranian Dissident Released On Bail

Ali-Akbar Mussavi Khoini (file photo) (Fars) October 22, 2006 -- Former Iranian lawmaker and reformist Ali-Akbar Mussavi Khoini, arrested in June, has been released on bail, Iran's ISNA news agency reports.

The agency quotes Khoini's lawyer, Mohammad Sharif, as saying that Khoini was released late on October 21 on $163,000 bail.

Khoini, who was also represented by Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, was jailed on June 12 during a pro-women's rights rally.

(AFP)

Women In Iran

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Women in Tehran (epa file photo)

CALLING FOR MORE RIGHTS: Although women played key roles in Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the place of women in post-revolutionary society has been a vexing question. Iranian women have struggled to bring attention to their calls for greater rights in their country's rigid theocratic system, calls that have often clashed with the values proclaimed by conservatives in society. (more)

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