Ancient Iranian Women Warriors

Four "cyber-feminists," so dubbed by the Iranian government, received prison sentences for online women's rights campaign efforts in March, according to Reporters sans Frontières.

Fariba Davoudi Mahajer, a former contributor to several pro-reform papers, received a one-year sentence for "violating national security." Activist and editor Sussan Tahmessebi of the English version of We-change.org received six months. Six-month sentences were also given to Noushin Ahmadi Khoransani, editor of Second Sex and Woman's Season, and journalist Parvin Ardalan.

The women participated in an online campaign for "A million signatures to get laws that discriminate against women changed" and a demonstration in Tehran last June, which also ended in arrests.

The four are presently awaiting the results of appeals filed on the charges.