Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 1:31PM Mohsen Armin, a veteran politician and senior member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization, has been arrested.
Meanwhile, women's rights activists Shadi Sadr and Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh have been given prison sentences in absentia - six years for the former and two and a half for the latter - for their participation in a protest rally in 2007. Both women are currently outside of Iran.
Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 10:08AM 
Shadi Sadr, the tireless lawyer, journalist and women's rights activist, has won the top prize at the Movies That Matter Film Festival in connection with her central role in the documentary "Women in Shroud" (Zanan dar Kafan). The festival is sponsored by the Dutch chapter of Amnesty International. Its website provides the following blurb about the film:
Imagine a 21-year-old woman being forced into prostitution by her mother since she was nine years old, and frequently being raped by her brothers. What would be an appropriate punishment in a case like this? In Iran, the death penalty is applied. For the 21-year-old woman, that is. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the Iranian legal system has been all but favourable to women. Women accused of adultery can be stoned to death – even without proof of guilt. Although stoning to death has been officially abolished since 2004, it still occurs. The documentary 'Women in Shroud' follows a group of Iranian lawyers and human rights defenders that campaign against these unfair convictions.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 9:57AM 
Prominent lawyer, journalist and women's rights activist Shadi Sadr has been named one of the 10 recipients of the US State Department's "International Women of Courage" award. The full list of award winners is here.
Shadi Sadr, State Department, US Monday, February 22, 2010 at 12:01PM 
A libel trial is underway against the ultra-conservative daily Kayhan. The plaintiffs include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, women's right activist Shadi Sadr and journalist Emadeddin Baghi (who is currently in prison) as well as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial right-hand man Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, which shows that Kayhan's attacks are not limited to the opposition movement. The paper's editor Hossein Shariatmadari (pictured above) appeared in court and denied the charges of the latter three while claiming that he needed more time to respond to Ebadi's charges.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 5:40PM 
Iranian lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr has been awarded the 2009 Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award by the Dutch government "as a tribute to her moral courage and perseverance in protecting and promoting the rights of her fellow citizens." Sadr did not mince words in her acceptance speech:
"It is necessary that the issue of human rights in Iran remains on the table of negotiations alongside the issue of nuclear energy. All those who have ordered the widespread and systematic violation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran should be prosecuted and tried. Western governments, including the Dutch government as the host of the International Criminal Court, can ask the UN Security Council to pursue the issue of crimes against humanity through setting up an international court for Iran."