Majid Tavakoli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Majid Tavakoli

human rights activist

Date of Birth: 22-May-1986

Place of Birth: Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran

Profession: feminist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Majid Tavakoli

  • Majid Tavakoli (Persian: ???? ??????; born 1986, Shiraz, Iran) is a prominent Iranian student leader, human rights activist and political prisoner.
  • He is a member of the Islamic Students' Association at Tehran's Amirkabir University of Technology, where he studied shipbuilding.
  • He has been arrested at least three times by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence — most recently on 7 December 2009, during the student protests over the disputed Presidential Election of 2009 — and is currently in prison.
  • In response to allegations that he cross-dressed as a disguise to avoid arrest, a campaign protesting his imprisonment featured men posting photos of themselves wearing hijabs.

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