Iranian women’s rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, already imprisoned in her country, was sentenced to one year in prison for “propaganda against the state”, her lawyer announced on Tuesday x.
“According to the verdict rendered by the 29e chamber of the revolutionary court of Tehran, Mme Mohammadi was sentenced to one year in prison for propaganda against the state,” Ms.e Mostafa Nili.
Aged 52 and incarcerated since November 2021, the activist has been repeatedly convicted and imprisoned for 25 years for her commitment against compulsory veiling for women and against the death penalty.
She refused to attend the hearing of her new trial on June 8 after unsuccessfully requesting that it be open to the public.
Me Nili specified that her client had been tried for “her comments about Dina Ghalibaf (Iranian journalist and student who had accused the police of sexual assault, Editor’s note), and on the boycott of the legislative elections” held in March in Iran.
The activist broadcast an audio message from prison in March, in which she denounced a “large-scale war against women” in the Islamic Republic.
In Iran, women have been required to follow a strict dress code requiring them to hide their hair in public places since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
In his message, Mme Mohammadi cited the case of Dina Ghalibaf, who, according to NGOs, was arrested around mid-April after accusing the police on social media of sexually assaulting her during a previous arrest in the metro. Mme Ghalibaf was later released.
The justice representative, Mizan Online, affirmed on April 22 that the student “had not been raped” and that the Judicial Authority had prosecuted her for making “a false statement.”