Ali and Kiana Rahmani, the children of 2023 Nobel Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, say they are concerned about his conditions of detention in Iran, on France Inter this Thursday.
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“She has heart problems.” Guests of France Inter Thursday March 7, the children of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Narges Mohammadi, are worried about the “fairly fragile health” of their mother and the treatment reserved for her in the prison where she is incarcerated, in Iran. “We refused to take her to the hospital because she refused to wear her compulsory veil”, explains his daughter, Kiana Rahmani. This happened “three times in a row”. Narges Mohammadi’s determination finally paid off. “Her health was not at its best but she managed to be taken without her obligatory veil”says Kiana Rahmani.
“For five months, all contact has been cut”
“It’s always quite complicated” for the activist to obtain his medication in prison, says his son, Ali Rahmani. According to him, “There is an expression that says [en Iran] : ‘The Iranian government, when they don’t want to get their hands dirty, they don’t give prisoners their medicine.'” “To kill in silence”adds his sister. “It’s been two years since we could call her and we no longer have direct contact with her. We had indirect contact. She was able to call two numbers, two people who live in Iran. We had news thanks to them. For five months, all contact has been cut off”, she explains. This coincides with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Narges Mohammadi is one of the main faces of the “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising in Iran. She was rewarded in October for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight for the promotion of human rights and freedom for all”. At the award ceremony in Norway, she was represented by her two children.
