Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, imprisoned since 2021, will be tried again on Tuesday and faces being transferred out of Tehran for a possible new prison sentence, her family said on Monday.
The trial, which “will be held on December 19 at 10 a.m. in section 26 of the revolutionary court” in Tehran, is “the first” brought against Narges Mohammadi since she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 , according to a press release from his family.
“It was announced that, for political and security reasons, the execution of the sentence would take place outside Tehran,” the text continues, adding that the request was made by the Ministry of Intelligence.
The charges were not immediately specified, but they are linked “to the activities of Narges in prison” – that of Evin, in Tehran, Editor’s note –, where Mme Mohammadi continued to “make statements,” defying the Iranian authorities, indicates Narges Mohammadi’s official account on X (formerly Twitter).
This is the third trial of its kind, according to this message. After the first two, she was sentenced to 27 months in prison and 4 months of street sweeping and social work.
Narges Mohammadi, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her struggle for the promotion of human rights and freedom for all”, has been repeatedly convicted and imprisoned for 25 years for her commitment against the compulsory veil for women and the death penalty.
Arrested 13 times, sentenced five times to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes, and incarcerated again since 2021, she is one of the main faces of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising in Iran.
Mme Mohammadi, who has not seen her husband and children living in Paris for several years, has no longer been able to make phone calls “since November 29,” says her family.
Until then, she had been able to speak to relatives living in Iran, ensuring that her messages could quickly reach the outside world through her social media accounts.
His family accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on his behalf on December 10 in Oslo.
“I am an Iranian woman […] victim of the oppression of a tyrannical and misogynistic religious regime,” she said in a text read by her children. “The Iranian people, with perseverance, will overcome repression and authoritarianism. »