About Shiva Nazar Ahari Shiva Nazar Ahari (born 1984) (Persian: شیوا نظر آهاری) is a notable Iranian human rights defender and a member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters. She has been arrested several times by the Islamic regime of Iran for defending human rights. The last time was 14 June 2009 and she was held in Evin prison until September 23, 2009 when she was released on an equivalent of a $200,000 bail. . She was in solitary confinement for 33 days. On December 21, 2009 she was arrested once again while traveling to the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri along with several other activists.