Parastou Forouhar: Iran's Intelligence Ministry Filed Charges Against Me Based on a Photograph
Iran's Intelligence Ministry pressed charges against activist based on a photo of one of her artworks that created a stir on social media, she told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on November 13, 2017. posted online in May 2016 showing human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr holding a glass of wine and sitting on one of Forouhar's artistic creations: a beanbag made of fabric with Arabic script pertaining to Shia Islam. Muslims are forbidden from consuming alcohol or desecrating Islamic script. In Iran, people can be prosecuted for these ...
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