March 4, 2007 - Thirty three women's rights defenders were arrested today in Tehran during a peaceful gathering in front of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran. The gathering was to protest the recent state pressures on women's rights defenders. (here)
P.S- Parastoo Dokouhaki (photo above) is among women's rights defenders who were arrested. She is also a well-known journalist and a weblogger (English blog). Her name (Parastoo) means swallow in Persian.
