Esha Momeni was was working on her thesis on women 's rights in Iran . She had been arrested and tortured by the police, she escaped to Canada where she lived for a while before returning home to Iran. Momeni is being held in Tehran 's notorious Evin Prison . Esha Momeni , a graduate student at California State University-Northridge , was arrested October 15 in Tehran for unlawfully passing another vehicle while driving , according to Change For Equality , an Iranian women 's movement . News of arrest withheld because family was told she would be released .
Esha Momeni was was working on her thesis on women 's rights in Iran . She had been arrested and tortured by the police, she escaped to Canada where she lived for a while before returning home to Iran. Momeni is being held in Tehran 's notorious Evin Prison . News of arrest withheld because family was told she would be released .