Mahtab Gholizadeh (; born 6 April 1988 in Garmsar) is an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

journalist, who works especially in

macroeconomics Macroeconomics (from the Greek prefix ''makro-'' meaning "large" + ''economics'') is a branch of economics dealing with performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole. For example, using interest rates, taxes, and ...

political economy Political economy is the study of how Macroeconomics, economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and Economy, national economies) and Politics, political systems (e.g. law, Institution, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied ph ...

, and

Women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

. She has worked as a journalist in several Iranian newspapers like ''

Hayat-e-No ''Hayat-e-No'' ( fa, حیات نو meaning ''New Life'' in English) was a Persian reformist newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. The paper was in circulation from 2000 to December 2009 when it was closed by the Iranian authorities. History and p ...

'', ''

Shargh ''Shargh'' ( fa, شرق, lit=East) is one of the most popular Reformist newspapers in Iran. History and profile ''Shargh'' was founded in 2003. The daily is managed by Mehdi Rahmanian. Its chief editor was Mohammad Ghouchani in its first period ...

'', and ''

Etemad ''Etemad'' or ''Etemaad'' (in Persian ''اعتماد'' lit. ''Trust''; correct transcription: ettemād, because in pronunciation the letter "t" is duplicated) is a reformist newspaper in Iran that is published in Tehran. It is managed by Elias ...

''. Now, she is working as an

independent journalist ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

. She was arrested with accusations of Iran's regime in December 2021 and released temporarily with a Rls.10 billion bail. Iran's regime has also restrained her from leaving the country.

Arrest

On 7 August 2021, the

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

' agents intruded forcibly into Mahtab Gholizadeh's house. They investigated the apartment and captured her passport, cellphone, laptop, recorder, phonebook, external hard, and notes. Simultaneously, she was summoned to Evin's judicial court. After, she was interrogated several times in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' office. Eventually, with the accusations of "propaganda against the state," "endangering national security" for having interviews with the foreign media, and "spread of corruption and prostitution" for her effort for achieving the permission of entrance of Iranian women in sports stadiums, she was arrested. She was temporarily released with Rls.10 billion bail.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gholizadeh, Mahtab Living people Iranian women journalists Iranian democracy activists 1988 births