She is committed to opposing the compulsory headscarf and the death penalty: A revolutionary court has now sentenced the already imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammadi to a further 15 months in prison for alleged propaganda.
According to her family, Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been found guilty again for alleged propaganda against the state. A revolutionary court sentenced the 51-year-old to a further prison sentence of 15 months.
In addition, she is not allowed to settle in Tehran, leave the country or use a smartphone for two years after her release. Mohammadi boycotted the trial and her family criticized the verdict as a “political statement.”
According to the family, Mohammadi was accused of repeatedly inciting public and individual opinion against the Iranian government “in order to cause chaos and unrest.” According to her, it is the fifth conviction since March 2021. The sentences now add up to twelve years and three months in prison, 154 lashes, a two-year exile and various social and political restrictions.
In the notorious Evin Prison since November 2021
Mohammadi plays a central role in the fight against the compulsory headscarf and the death penalty in Iran. She is one of the most famous human rights activists. She has been notorious since November 2021 for alleged propaganda against the state Tehran’s Evin Prison in custody.
For her efforts, Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at the beginning of October 2023. Her 17-year-old twins accepted the award on behalf of their mother.
New proceedings against journalists
Meanwhile, the Iranian judiciary announced that it had opened new proceedings against two journalists who were released on Sunday. The agency’s website said the two women appeared in photos after their release “without hijabs” – which is banned in Iran. The two journalists were arrested in 2022 for their reporting on the death of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini and were sentenced to prison for collaborating with the USA, conspiring against the country’s security and propaganda against the state. They were “temporarily” released from Evin Prison in Tehran in return for paying bail.