US EditionIran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
Narges Mohammadi and several activists were detained during a memorial where regime-critical slogans were chanted, amid a crackdown on dissent and prior prison sentences enforcement.
- On Friday, Iran arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters said she was violently detained by Iranian security and police forces at a memorial for a human rights lawyer.
- Mohammadi has been imprisoned 13 times and convicted five times, faces a total sentence of over 30 years, and supporters warned she risked return after a medical furlough.
- Doctors prescribed an extension of medical leave for at least six more months for Mohammadi, monitoring a removed bone lesion and cardiac care after prior emergency surgery and heart attacks in 2022.
- The Narges Foundation demanded immediate and unconditional release of those detained at the memorial, while it remained unclear if authorities would return Mohammadi to prison and Iranian authorities offered no immediate comment.
- Her activism includes backing the nationwide 2022 protests sparked by Mahsa Amini and demonstrations at Tehran's Evin prison, while activists and Western powers earlier pushed to keep her free.
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The European Union on Saturday called for the release of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who has been detained by Iranian security forces along with at least eight other activists.
Following the renewed arrest of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi in Iran, the Federal Foreign Office sharply criticizes the process. It is "deeply disturbing".
Other activists have been arrested with her, the woman who is serving a sentence of 13 years and 9 months was on leave for health reasons.
Iranian security forces on Friday re-arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist against the oppression of women Narges Mohammadi, her supporters from the foundation that bears her name said. Supporters of the activist described the detention as violent and said more people had been detained. Iranian authorities did not immediately comment on the arrest.
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has condemned today's "brutal" arrest of Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, stressing that she must be immediately released.
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