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Iran Sentences Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi to Six Years in Prison

Her lawyer says the verdict is appealable, with a request for medical release on bail.

Overview

  • An Iranian court also imposed a two-year ban on leaving the country, according to her lawyer Mostafa Nili.
  • Narges Mohammadi was detained on December 12 in Mashhad after speaking at a memorial for a lawyer found dead and has been held in isolation.
  • She already faced an 18‑month sentence for alleged propaganda and two years of internal exile to Khosf, with prison terms non‑cumulative under Iranian law.
  • Her foundation says she launched a six‑day hunger strike this month, was briefly hospitalized, and then returned to detention.
  • Amnesty International alleges torture and violent beating by security forces during her arrest.