Activist released in Shiraz after 80 days

Jamila Karimi Jamila Karimi, an Iranian political activist in Shiraz, has been released after 80 days in prison. The Kaleme website reports that Karimi was arrested in April and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence office in Shiraz. Karimi was advisor to the Fars Governor back when reformist president Mohammad Khatami was in power and a member of the Reformist…

Jamila Karimi

Jamila Karimi, an Iranian political activist in Shiraz, has been released after 80 days in prison.

The Kaleme website reports that Karimi was arrested in April and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence office in Shiraz.

Karimi was advisor to the Fars Governor back when reformist president Mohammad Khatami was in power and a member of the Reformist Coalition Council.

She was one of signatories of a letter from 91 political figures urging Mohammad Khatami to run in the 2013 presidential election.

The charges against Karimi were not mentioned in the report.

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