of anti-compulsory hijab sentiments. In February 2020, she also called upon Iranian people to boycott the parliamentary election and insisted that Iranians have lost faith on the politicians. She lives in exile in Canada and serves as a senior fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights along with Canadian women's rights advocate Irwin Cotler. Along with Canadian journalist Rima Elkouri, she has written an autobiography La Liberté n'est pas un crime (Freedom is not a crime). Honours In February 2020, she was conferred with the Geneva Summit International Women's Rights Award for 2020 by an international coalition of 25 human rights organisations for her efforts to maintain women's rights in Iran. She was included in the BBC's list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2018. References 1975 births Living people Iranian women activists Iranian human rights activists Iranian prisoners and detainees Place of birth missing (living people) BBC 100 Women