News Center- The detention period of Iranian journalist and women’s rights activist Zhina Modares Gorji has been extended for one month although she has already spent more than 70 days in detention, according to human rights organizations in Iran.

Zhina Modales Gorji was arrested in Sanandaj on April 10, 2023. On May 10, she was  transferred to the general ward of the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj.

Previously, the activist was arrested on September 21, 2022 during the anti-government street protests in Sanandaj. On 30 October 2022, she was released on a bail of one billion Iranian rials (nearly 2,000 USD).