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Fariba Davoodi Mohajer was a human rights activist and a prominent campaigner for women’s rights in Iran. She had key roles in Iranian politics such as adviser to President Khatami. In 2007, she was sentenced to 4 years in prison for her involvement in a peaceful demonstration advocating women’s legal equality. After things got tough for her in Iran, she decided to leave Iran and take asylum in the United States. Surprisingly in her interview with the Parazit program on the Persian Voice of America (VOA) channel, she was not wearing hijab. Currently living in Washington DC, she is working with human rights organizations and in this regard recently founded an institution aspiring to improve the lives of Iranian women that have been subjected to domestic violence.
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Fariba Davoodi Mohajer was a human rights activist and a prominent campaigner for women’s rights in Iran. She had key roles in Iranian politics such as adviser to President Khatami. In 2007, she was sentenced to 4 years in prison for her involvement in a peaceful demonstration advocating women’s legal equality. After things got tough for her in Iran, she decided to leave Iran and take asylum in the United States. Surprisingly in her interview with the Parazit program on the Persian Voice of America (VOA) channel, she was not wearing hijab. Currently living in Washington DC, she is working with human rights organizations and in this regard recently founded an institution aspiring to improve the lives of Iranian women that have been subjected to domestic violence.