Farnaz Seifi is an Iranian journalist, women rights activist and blogger. During the last 5 years, she has been actively involved in Iranian women's movement, Iran's civil society and cyber-feminism. She has worked for different dailies, magazines and also online feminist websites in Iran where she was one of the first Iranian feminist bloggers. She is also one of the founders of the "Zanestan", the first Iranian women's online magazine. She got arrested last January on her way to take part in a cyber-journalism workshop in India and charged with "acting against national security" by the authorities for her activities regarding the freedom of expression, women's issues and promoting civil society. She moved to the Netherlands in November.