Taraneh

In a continuation of the government's efforts to refute the systematic sexual violation of the protesters and prisoners, shortly after Karroubi's pronouncements about prison rapes, the official state broadcaster produced a news segment last week in which a man presented as the head of the National Birth Registry (a man later outed by some observers as a senior state security official) announced that in all of Iran's over 67 million population, in which Mousavi is one of the most common family names, only three people exist with the name Taraneh Mousavi.

Shirin Sadeghi: Rape and the Republic: Iran's Victims Speak Out 2009

They called Taraneh's family and friends and told them she had been arrested.

Nordic Dervish Nima Dervish 2009

Mr. Bellomo and his design partner Taraneh Naddafi wrapped the home with a redwood-slat screen, standing a few inches off the exterior walls.

Midcentury Made Modern Nancy Keates 2012

Sani states that before any information came out about Taraneh's death, an acquaintance of his in Iran whom he has known "for more than five years" and "fully trusts" detailed that a close friend, Taraneh Mousavi, is known to have been detained resulting in "serious injuries to her anus and womb" which led to her being transferred to a hospital for care.

Shirin Sadeghi: Rape and the Republic: Iran's Victims Speak Out 2009

The broadcast went on to show an interview with two members of the "only Taraneh Mousavi whose age corresponds with that of the Taraneh in question."

Shirin Sadeghi: Rape and the Republic: Iran's Victims Speak Out 2009

A friend of Azarmehr's who is presently in Iran told him that he's "sick of hearing that people like Taraneh are better off dead" from friends abroad, just because they "can't handle the fact that she's been raped."

Shirin Sadeghi: The Rape of Taraneh: Prison Abuse of Iran's Protesters 2009

According to another Iranian blog which claims to have original information about Taraneh from her family, Iranian security forces contacted Taraneh's family after the hospital visit warning them not to publicize Taraneh's story and not to associate her disappearance with arrests made at post-election protests, claiming instead that she had tried to harm herself because of feeling guilty for having pre-marital sex.

Shirin Sadeghi: The Rape of Taraneh: Prison Abuse of Iran's Protesters 2009

"Taraneh Mousavi's story is sadly true but the government continues to take advantage of the fact that her family has not come forward like Sohrab [Aarabi's]," Sani says.

Shirin Sadeghi: Rape and the Republic: Iran's Victims Speak Out 2009

Taraneh, whose first name is Persian for "song", disappeared into arrest.

Shirin Sadeghi: The Rape of Taraneh: Prison Abuse of Iran's Protesters 2009

I expect that we will see the 40-day commemorations of martyrs like Neda and Taraneh pave the path toward change in Iran.

Melody Moezzi: Iran's Red Tulip Revolution 2009