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Iran Denies Independent Medical Exam for Detained Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Supporters describe severe injuries during her arrest requiring two hospital visits.

Overview

  • The 2023 Peace Prize winner was seized Friday at a Mashhad memorial for lawyer Chosrow Alikordi, with prosecutors reporting 38 detentions.
  • Her family and foundation say she suffered baton blows to the head and neck and was treated twice at a hospital after the arrest.
  • In a brief phone call, she said she does not know which security body holds her or where she is being kept.
  • Her brother says officials refused a request for an assessment by an independent physician.
  • Authorities have referred her case to the Revolutionary prosecutor in Mashhad with possible national-security charges pending, as the EU, Germany and the Nobel Committee call for her immediate release.