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Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

December 12, 2025 admin

Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said on Friday (December 12, 2025). A foundation in her name said she was detained in Mashhad, some 680 kilometers (420 miles) northeast of the capital, Tehran, while attending a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently found dead under unclear circumstances. There was…

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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate sentenced to another 6 months in prison

October 26, 2024 admin

Nobel Peace Prize winner 2023 Narges Mohammadi began a hunger strike in her Iranian prison in protest at limits on medical care for her and other inmates and the obligation for women to wear the hijab in the Islamic republic, her family said on November 6, 2023. | Photo Credit: Narges Mohammadi Foundation via AFP…

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Jailed Iranian Nobel Winner Denied Medical Care: UN Experts

August 20, 2024 admin

Narges Mohammadi was hurt along with other female inmates in clashes at Evin prison. (File) Geneva: UN experts on Tuesday accused Iran of denying jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi proper healthcare, saying she reportedly suffered physical violence earlier this month. Human rights activist Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel for her campaigning, was…

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Iranian Nobel Prize Winner Hurt In Prison Clashes With Guards: Family

August 9, 2024 admin

The Paris-based family of Narges Mohammadi emphasised it had had no direct contact with her. Paris: Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi and other female inmates were hurt in clashes that erupted at Tehran’s Evin prison following a spate of executions, her family said, raising new concerns for her health. Iranian authorities acknowledged…

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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi sentenced to another year in prison

June 19, 2024 admin

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to another year in prison over her activism, her lawyer said Wednesday. Mostafa Nili, Mohammadi’s lawyer, said that his client was convicted on a charge of making propaganda against the system….

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Iran Slaps 1-Year Prison Term On Nobel Prize Laureate For “Propaganda”

June 18, 2024 admin

Tehran: An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for “propaganda against the state”, the jailed activist’s lawyer said on Tuesday. Mohammadi, 52, has been jailed since November 2021 over several past convictions relating to her advocacy against the obligatory hijab for women and capital punishment in…

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Iran Stops Jailed Noble Laureate From Attending Father’s Funeral: Family

February 29, 2024 admin

Family had said it was Mohammadi’s “unequivocal right” to attend her father’s funeral. Paris: Iranian authorities have prevented jailed Iranian Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi from attending the burial ceremony of her father who died earlier this week, her family said Thursday. Karim Mohammadi, who had not seen his daughter for almost two years, died…

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Narges Mohammadi | The woman who shook the clergy

October 7, 2023 admin

Her cell in the women’s ward of Tehran’s Evin prison has a window that opens to a view of the Alborz mountains. The mountain range that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan and merges into the heights of Khorasan has acted as a natural barrier and protector of Tehran for centuries. From the window, she…

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Dalai Lama Hails Nobel Prize For Narges Mohammadi, Emphasizes Women’s Vital Role

October 7, 2023 admin

Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama Dharamshala: The Dalai Lama on Saturday congratulated jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi on winning the Nobel Peace Prize and said the award was also in recognition of the vital role women play in people’s lives. Mohammadi, 51, was awarded the prize on Friday in recognition of her tireless campaigning for…

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Morning Digest | FIR links NewsClick case to legal aid for Chinese companies; Canada moves diplomats out of India to Singapore, Malaysia, and more

October 7, 2023 admin

The FIR filed by the Delhi Police cites tax evasion cases being faced by companies such as Xiaomi and Vivo in India. File | Photo Credit: Reuters FIR links NewsClick case to legal aid for Chinese companies The Delhi police have levelled a wide range of charges in their First Information Report (FIR) against NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, American…

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