Three Teachers Dismissed from Work

JARAS- Saba Vasefi, researcher, human rights and women’s rights activist who worked at Shahid Beheshti University since 2006, was dismissed from her position and banned from teaching at the university.

According to Kalameh website, Saba Vasefi is the third women’s rights activist who has been dismissed from her workplace during the last few months.

A new wave of dismissing civil rights activists from work has spread in recent months.

On Nov 19, 2009, Narges Mohammadi, a member of the Centre for Human Rights Defenders and a women’s rights activist, was dismissed from work.

Samira Sadri, a member of the Policy-Making Council of Advare Tahkim Vahdat and a women’s rights activist, was also suspended from her position as a school teacher. She was permanently terminated from her workplace in December 2009, seven years after teaching.
Translation by: Aliyar T. and Neda Shayesteh