FREEDOM * DIGNITY * RESPECT: giugno 2014

URGENT ACTION

Mahnaz Mohammadi wrote and directed her first film in 2003, "Women Without Shadows" produced by Amir Samavati. This film, depicting the lives of homeless and abandoned women in a state-run shelter, has been shown and awarded in several international film festivals. After that, she wrote, directed and produced herself various documentaries, including "Travelogue" another award-winning film. Shot in the train between Tehran (Iran) and Ankara (Turkey), the director met and questioned passengers about the reasons that lead them to leave their country. This film was shown in 2010 at the event "A Day in Tehran" created by the Cinematheque in Paris (France) in presence of the director Mahnaz Mohammadi. Subsequently, as both private and professional, Iranian authorities have refused her to leave the country, including when she was invited at Cannes for the film "Wedding Ephemerals" directed by Reza Serkanian, in which she plays the main character.

Mahnaz Mohammadi has also contributed to famous filmmaker Rakhshan Bani-Etemad's documentary "We Are Half the Iranian Population" talking about the demands of Iranian women in the disputed presidential elections of 2009 which gave Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second term in office. In 2011 the film was screened at the Viennese film festival this human world in presence of Mahnaz Mohammadi.

Her arrest on 26 June 2011 was the third since 2007. She was arrested for the first time in March 2007 along with 32 other women's rights activists while peacefully protesting the trial of five of her fellow women's rights activists in front of a Teharan court.[citation needed] She stayed in jail for 3 weeks. Mohammadi was also arrested in August 2009 at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery as she laid a wreath on the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 26-year-old woman who was shot and killed by a sniper during the crackdowns on protests against the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. She was arrested with a lot of people including famous director Jafar Panahi They were released after 1 day.

Link News:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahnaz_Mohammadi

Link Petition:

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/support-mahnaz-mohammadi.html

LETTER

Object: Immediate release of Mahnaz Mohammadi

Your Excellency,

I wish to appeal to you on behalf of Mahnaz Mohammadi who is the subject of my deepest concern.

Mahnaz Mohammadi wrote and directed her first film in 2003, "Women Without Shadows" produced by Amir Samavati. After that, she wrote, directed and produced herself various documentaries, including "Travelogue" another award-winning film. Subsequently, as both private and professional, Iranian authorities have refused her to leave the country, including when she was invited at Cannes for the film "Wedding Ephemerals" directed by Reza Serkanian, in which she plays the main character.

Her arrest on 26 June 2011 was the third since 2007. She was arrested for the first time in March 2007 along with 32 other women's rights activists while peacefully protesting the trial of five of her fellow women's rights activists in front of a Teharan court. She stayed in jail for 3 weeks. Mohammadi was also arrested in August 2009 at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery as she laid a wreath on the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan. She was arrested with a lot of people including famous director Jafar Panahi They were released after 1 day.

Mahnaz Mohammadi has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.

I ask the Iranian government the his immediate release.

Ms Mahnaz Mohammadi is an innocent woman.

Thanking you in advance for your time on this important and urgent matter.

I am respectfully.

(your name)

Address:

Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei

Salutation: Your Excellency

The Office of the Supreme Leader

Islamic Republic Street – End of Shahid

Keshvar Doust Street,

Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Email: info_leader@leader.ir

Twitter: "#Iran Leader

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Salutation: Your Excellency

His Excellency Hassan Rouhani

The Presidency

Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection

Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani

Salutation: Your Excellency

[care of] Public relations Office

Number 4, 2 Azizi Street

Vali Asr Ave., above Pasteur Street intersection

Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Send letter official website of the office of the Supreme Leader of Iran

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Send letter official website of the President of Iran

http://rouhani.ir/contactus.php

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