Miss. Parvin Ardalan women's rights activist and a human rights defender in Iran and recent winner of swedish Olof Palme award was banned to leave the country.

Today Monday March 3 , 2008, while she was inside the airplane and leaving Iran for Sweden to receive the award, by the order of prosecutor she was taken out of airplane and her passport was also confiscated.

The swedish Olof Palme foundation planned on March 6,2008 in a ceremony to give its 2008 awards to Miss. Parvin Ardalan.

Miss. Ardalan said: "She was inside Air France when her name was called by the agents who told to Air France crew that i'm banned to leave the country."

Link to this news in Farsi:

http://www.iran-emrooz.net