Journalist Narges Mohammad arrested

GVF -- Human rights activist and journalist Narges Mohammad was arrested by security forces at midnight 10 June while she was at her home.

The website Free Journalists reported the news while adding the two children who require her constant care.

Narges Mohammad is a recipient of the international Alexander Langer award 2009. The journalist is the vice-president and spokeswoman of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, and president of the executive committee of the National Peace Council.