France 24 | Young woman who rallied for liberties in Iran is now ‘looking for freedom’ from ICE detention
September 28, 2025 | Melika Mohammadi Gazvar Olya fled Tehran after participating in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests following the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in custody. After a dangerous journey across Central America, she was detained upon arrival in the US. The young Iranian asylum-seeker has been incarcerated for nearly three years in an ICE detention center near the Mexican border.