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News Topical, Digital Desk : Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Nargis Mohammadi to seven and a half years in prison. Following this, she is once again in the news. The conflict between the Iranian government and Nargis Mohammadi has been ongoing for decades. His lawyer says the sentence escalates his decades-long battle with Iranian authorities. So let's find out...
Who is Nargis Mohammadi?
- Narges Mohammadi, 53, is a well-known Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, known for campaigning against the oppression of women and political repression in Iran.
- Iranian authorities accuse him of organizing protests and spreading propaganda against the state, a charge he and his supporters deny and say he is being punished for peaceful activism.
- Nargis is an engineer and author, as well as the vice president of the Human Rights Defenders Centre (DHRC), founded by Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi. She has spent most of the past decade in prison.
- The Nargis Foundation says this new ruling brings her total prison sentence to 44 years. Since 2021, she has been serving a 13-year sentence on national security charges.
- She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her work fighting against the oppression of women in Iran and promoting human rights and freedom for all. Her children received the award while she was imprisoned in Tehran.
Why was he sentenced to seven and a half years now?
Nargis Mohammadi was arrested on December 12, 2025, at a memorial service for human rights lawyer Khosro Alikordi in Mashhad. She was charged with inflammatory rhetoric, violating public opinion, and disturbing the peace. She has been arrested 13 times and convicted five times.
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