An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to further seven-and-a-half-year prison terms, according to her attorney. A court in the northeastern city of Mashhad condemned the human rights activist to six years for “gathering and collusion” and one-and-a-half years for “propaganda activities,” Mostafa Nili said on social media on Sunday.
According to Iranian authorities, Mohammadi was arrested in December for making “provocative remarks” during a memorial ceremony. According to her family, she was assaulted during the arrest and was then transported to the hospital.
In 2023, the 53-year-old was named a Nobel laureate for her efforts to combat Iranian women’s persecution. Speaking to Mohammadi for the first time since December 14, Nili said she had also been given a two-year exile ban to the eastern Khusf province and a two-year ban from leaving the country.
Her supporters, the Narges Foundation, called Saturday’s hearing a “sham” and clarified that she had started a hunger strike on February 2. Three days ago, Nili claimed, she was brought to the hospital “due to her poor physical condition” before being brought back to the detention facility where she is being held. The phone was cut off as she started to describe what had happened and how she had been arrested.
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