Human rights: Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner likely to be sentenced again

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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner likely to be sentenced again

Ali (r) and Kiana Rahmani (M) accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of their mother in December 2023. photo

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Narges Mohammadi is one of the most famous human rights activists in Iran – and is imprisoned in the notorious Ewin Prison. Now, according to her family, she has been sentenced to another 15 months in prison.

The in Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who was imprisoned in Iran, has been sentenced to an additional 15 months in prison, according to her relatives. A revolutionary court also banned her from leaving the country for two years for alleged “propaganda against the system”, as well as banning her from being a member of a political group and using smartphones, it said on Monday on her Instagram account, which was created by relatives in the country operated abroad.

Mohammadi, one of the best-known human rights activists in Iran, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023. According to the Nobel Committee in the Norwegian capital Oslo, she received the prize “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.” The 51-year-old is currently serving a long prison sentence in the notorious Ewin Prison in Tehran.

According to her relatives, Mohammadi has already been convicted five times since 2021. Since then, their sentences have included twelve years and three months in prison and 154 lashes. According to the Nobel Prize Committee, the activist was arrested a total of 13 times and sentenced to 31 years in prison. In her commitment as a human rights defender, the physicist also campaigned for the abolition of the death penalty.

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