Appeals

Seven years ago this summer, everything was set for the marriage ceremony of a young Iranian couple who had met and fallen in love at university. But on the day before the wedding, plain clothes officers raided the house of Bahareh Hedayat, a leading student and women's activist, and took her to prison. 

She was imprisoned after speaking to the international press about life in Iran for women. She is now in prison on a 10 year sentence held under vaguely worded charges including "insulting the president."