Ghoncheh Ghavami, an Iranian-British national, was arrested on 30 June 2014 when she went to Tehran’s Vozara Detention Center to collect her mobile phone, which had been taken from her earlier on 20 June when she was arrested at a protest against the ban on women being present in sport stadiums and detained in Vozara Detention Center for several hours.

The non-partisan human rights group Amnesty International understands that Ghoncheh Ghavami has not been formally charged but remains under investigation for “propaganda against the state”, stemming from her involvement in peaceful activities to end discrimination against women. 

Please release Ghoncheh Ghavami immediately and unconditionally, as she has been held solely for the peaceful exercise of her rights to freedoms of expression, association and assembly.   Also, please ensure that she is protected from all forms of torture and other ill-treatment, that she is no longer held in solitary confinement or isolation, and that she be allowed her regular visits from her family and her lawyer.