Mahdieh Esfandiari

The Foreign Ministry says a French judge has granted conditional release to Iranian academic Mahdieh Esfandiari , detained in France for pro-Palestinian activism.

In an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 165 Iranian women athletes demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Mahdieh Esfandiari , detained in France for her public support of the people of Gaza.

From Roger Garaudy to Mahdieh Esfandiari , critics of French policy on Palestine have highlighted the country’s selective use of democracy and human rights—revealing a deep contradiction between Paris’ rhetoric and its actions.

The sister of Mahdieh Esfandiari , an Iranian citizen and university lecturer who has been arbitrarily detained in France for about six months, says French police officers forcibly removed her hijab from day one in custody.