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Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA)
March 9, 2010
Celebrated Iranian poetess Simin Behbahani
Simin Behbahani was prevented from leaving for France for International Women’s Day ceremonies.
RAHANA – “Paris municipality had invited me for March 8 and I had prepared a text about feminism and a poem about women which I was going to read at the ceremony and return on Wednesday.” Behbahani said.
“After I crossed customs and my passport was stamped, two officials called me, took my passport away, kept me till 5 am and asked questions. I was handed a paper and asked to appear before the Revolutionary Court,” she said.
Simin Behbahani joins scores of Iranian rights activists who have been barred from leaving the country under similar circumstances including Nasrin Sottodeh, Mansoureh Shojaee, Narges Mohammadi, Talat Taghinia, Badrosaday Mofidi and many more.
Iranian authorities impose a travel ban on the country’s most celebrated living poetess to mark International Women’s Day.
Happy Women’s Day, Dear Simin!