An Iranian women's rights activist was barred from traveling to Sweden to receive a prize from her work, but she vowed Monday she would continue pushing for equality despite restrictions imposed on women activists.
Parvin Ardalan was to receive the 2007 Olof Palme award in Stockholm this week but she said she was told just before her flight to Stockholm on Sunday that she was not allowed to leave the country.
Ardalan said that when she received her passport recently, she had not been told of any ban, but "it happened in the last moments before departure."
The 36-year-old Ardalan is one of a number of activists leading a campaign …
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