What’s Current: Concordia professor jailed in Iran for ‘fomenting feminist revolution’

Professor Homa Hoofer of Concordia University. Photograph courtesy of Concordia.
Professor Homa Hoofer of Concordia University. Photograph courtesy of Concordia.

A Canadian professor at Concordia University, Homa Hoodfar, is imprisoned in Iran for allegedly inciting a “feminist revolution.” She is being held in Evin Prison, where Montreal photojournalist Zahra Kazemi died after being raped and tortured.

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