The country's security forces have again arrested the Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nargis Mohammadi.
On Friday (December 12), Paris-based Nargis Foundation reported that he was ‘violently’ arrested in a memorial meeting in Mashhad city.
CNN has reported that security forces have arrested a few other workers including Nargis in the event, which was celebrated in memory of the slain lawyer Khosro Alikord.
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize Joe Nargis Mohammadi is one of the most well-known human rights lawyers in Iran, which has been in the infamous Avin prison in Tehran, which is usually held against the government and critics, and has been sentenced to 31 years for conducting anti-government and national security.
After a surgery in Path in December 2024, Nargis was suspended for a few days after a surgery, but was preparing to return to jail, but despite the health risks, he was going to carry out human rights poisoning activities from prison despite a short medical leave. He has been involved in various international human rights activities in the past year.
In an article in Time magazine last week, Nargis said, "The Iranian people can't really do any peace because the state controls every aspect of their personal lives, disrupting the normal lives of people with surveillance, censorship, arrest, torture and violence."
He called for global support for Iran's civil society, independent media and human rights defenders.
In an interview with CNN in December 2024, he said, ‘Wherever I live inside or outside Avin, the goal is one - to go until democracy is established.’
Nargis Mohammadi has been accused of torture and sexual violence against women prisoners since she was in jail, which has been described in various letters and statements since 1999. Although the Iranian government has denied these allegations.
Nargis' twins Kitana and Ali received the Nobel Prize in Oslo in 2023 in her 2023. Her husband Tagi Rahman was also a political prisoner for 14 years.
