Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad. Source: Getty Images
The family of a prominent Iranian women's rights activist are reportedly being detained at an unknown location.
Three family members of an award-winning Iranian-American journalist and activist have been detained in an attempt to "intimidate her into silence", human rights groups have alleged.
Masih Alinejad, who now lives in the US in self-exile, hit headlines after launching a viral campaign called White Wednesdays, urging women to post photos of themselves without their hijab or wear a white headscarf every Wednesday in protest of Iran's strict laws around female clothing.
Read more here: Arrest of Iranian-American journalist's family an attempt to intimidate, rights groups say