Friends and colleagues rally for Canadian professor Homa Hoodfar jailed in Iran

Friends and former colleagues of a jailed Canadian-Iranian academic say they’re still having trouble believing she’s behind bars in Iran.

Many of them gathered at a rally in Montreal today to call for Homa Hoodfar to be freed.

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Hoodfar, 65, has been held at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison since June 6 on what her friends and family describe as trumped-up charges.

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Her family has said the Iranian probe into the retired anthropology professor centred on her “dabbling in feminism” and security matters.

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Former colleagues and students at Montreal’s Concordia University say she’s a sweet and generous person with no political leanings.

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Nearly 5,000 academics worldwide have signed a petition this summer in support of Hoodfar.