AP Phillippines
An American student in Iran to visit family and research Women's Rights has been arrested and held in Evin Prison for more than a week.
Esha Momeni, a student at California State University Northridge, was driving on a highway when detained by Iranian Police.
Momeni is a member of the California branch of Change For Equality an Iranian Women's Rights group.
Amnesty International reports that dozens of other activists and supporters have been arrested in Iran in connection with their activities with the Women's Rights Campaign, which is seeking to collect a million signatures to change the law, which denies equal rights to Women in Iran.
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