The Face Of Iran Today

Esha Momeni is being held for interrogation in Section 209, the notorious security ward of Iran's Evin prison. Cal State Northridge (Photo from The L.A. Times)

Arrested American Woman Felt The Tug Of Iran -- L.A. Times

Esha Momeni was playing with fire when she returned to Tehran from Southern California to work on a project about women's rights.

Reporting from Tehran and Beirut -- She escaped an unhappy marriage and the restraints of a traditional society, finding solace in poetry and a calling in women's rights activism in the West.

But the drama of contemporary Iran continued to tug at her. After living in her native Southern California for the last three years, Esha Momeni returned to Tehran two months ago to videotape interviews for a project on women's rights. Amid a crackdown on such activities, she was playing with fire.

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My Comment: She is a brave woman .... but Iran is not a place for someone like her today.