Women’s protests have gained momentum in Iran over the past several years, in part because of extraordinary female activists. They fight against Islamic laws that allow for the stoning of women and inequality in the areas of pay, child custody, divorce and inheritance. Fariba Davoodi Mohajer, 43, is one of the most outspoken leaders in Iran. A diminutive, almost winsome blonde, Mohajer is no stranger to arrest: She was summoned and interrogated on the eve of an important protest last June. Mohajer speaks with Jacki Lyden about the women’s movement in Iran. She and four other women were charged with acting against national security, propaganda against the state and giving interviews and disseminating falsehoods. Her trial is ongoing. Currently in Washington, D.C., visiting her daughter, Mohajer knows that she might be arrested upon her return to Iran. In the past, Iranian activists (via Iranian Women Activists Gain Momentum : NPR

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