Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to additional prison term
Iran’s Revolutionary Court has handed down an additional 15-month prison sentence to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who has already served 12 years in jail for multiple convictions.
The charges against her include spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic while incarcerated.
This recent verdict marks her fifth conviction since March 2021. Ms. Mohammadi, a longtime human rights advocate in Iran, was not present at the trial, and the sentence was issued in her absence.
Despite facing numerous arrests and threats over two decades, the 51-year-old activist has remained dedicated to her work.
The new sentence not only includes additional months in prison but also mandates a two-year exile outside Tehran, requiring her transfer from the notorious Evin prison where she is currently held.
Furthermore, the verdict stipulates a two-year travel ban after completing her sentence, along with restrictions on political and social group memberships, as well as a mobile phone prohibition for the same duration.
Narges Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts against the oppression of women in Iran, has been arrested 13 times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison.
Despite her absence, her teenage children accepted the Nobel Prize on her behalf in October, delivering a speech denouncing Iran’s “tyrannical” government and expressing confidence in the Iranian people’s ability to overcome repression and authoritarianism.
Referring to the protests that began last year following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody for allegedly wearing her hijab “improperly”, Ms. Mohammadi said young Iranians had “transformed the streets and public spaces into a place of widespread civil resistance”.
