Narges Mohammadi

Narges Mohammadi is the Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre and Nobel Peace prize winner. She has been arrested and sentenced heavily for objecting the death penalty and defending the rights of political prisoners.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='9361'> She was arrested twice but released due to her work in Mohammad Khatami's campaign headquarters in Ghazvin. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9362'> She was arrested and detained for several days in Eshrat Abad prison's Revolutionary Guard's ward. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9357'> She was summoned to the Revolutionary Court. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9358'> The Center for Defenders of Human Rights reported that Narges Mohammadi, chairman of the executive board of the National Council for Peace, and Soraya Aziz Panah, a member of this council, were arrested in Tehran's Emam Khomeini airport while they were attempting to leave the country, and their passports were confiscated. On May 22 of the same year, Iranian government's news outlet, Irna, published an interview with the spokesperson for the judiciary, Alireza Jamshidi, in which he confirmed that Narges Mohammadi was not allowed to exit the country, and also said that Mohammadi is charged with propaganda against the Islamic Republic regime and is soon to be summoned to court. Narges Mohammadi announced that she did not have such a case in court and had not received any summons. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9363'> She received the Alexander Langer Foundation Award. It is an NGO which focuses on social and peace issues. Alexander Langer Foundation expressed that the most important reason for the selection of Narges Mohamadi was her human rights advocacy in Iran since her days as a university student. Iranian government prohibited her from traveling to Italy to receive the award, so Shirin Ebadi accepted the award on her behalf. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5143'> Security forces approached her residence at 10:30 pm and arrested her in front of her two young children following a three-hour inspection of their home. She was then transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9365'> She won the "Government and Living History Foundation of Sweden" award. This prize is given annually to human rights activists around the world. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5144'> She was sentenced to eleven years in prison on the three charges of "assembly and collusion against national security, membership in the Defenders of Human Rights Center, and propagating against the system". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9359'> She was sentenced to six years in prison by branch 54 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court on charges of "conspiracy and association against national security", "membership of Centre for Defenders of Human Rights", and "propaganda against the Islamic Republic regime." But Narges Mohammadi's attorney was informed of the verdict on March 4th of 2012. Therefore, the "Plan to Monitor the Protection of Human Rights Defenders" issued a statement strongly condemning the continued "constant judicial persecution of the members of Center for Defenders of Human Rights" in Iran, and also the confirmation of the 6-year prison sentence of Narges Mohammadi in appeal court. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9364'> In a joint statement, six Nobel laureate persons and organizations requested the freedom of Narges Mohammadi. Shirin Ebadi, Mikhail Gorbachev, Dalai Lama, Mairead Maguir, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Judy Williams, Lech Walesa, Mohamad Younes, the International Peace Organization and Albert Schweitzer institute were a part of this statement. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5145'> She was summoned to Evin Prison to serve her sentence and was jailed in solitary confinement in Ward 209 of this facility. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5146'> She was transferred to Zanjan Prison for unknown reasons. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5147'> She was transferred to hospital from the prison, where she was deemed "unfit to serve her sentence" and released. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9366'> She met with Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of EU on Foreign Affairs at the time. The news of this meeting, along with her photo with Gohar Eshghi (Mother of Sattar Beheshti, a blogger who was killed in police custody) and Catherine Ashton, received heavy coverage in the media and virtual networks. After this meeting, Iranian authorities criticized Narges Mohammadi and all the other women who had participated in it. According to Radio Zamaneh, after the meeting, she was summoned to Evin Prison's court and was interrogated, and finally released on a 600 million toman bail. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9360'> She was summoned to the second branch of Evin Prison's court. In less than a month, Mohammadi received four summons from Evin court and the Revolutionary court. In the last summon, she was informed that failing to comply within three days would result in her arrest. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammadi told them that the first summon was sent to her by the second branch of Evin court on April 30th of 2014, according to which she was barred from exiting the country. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5142'> She was arrested by security forces in her residence. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5606'> Amnesty International requested that officials of the Islamic Republic release the defendant immediately and without any conditions. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5654'> After ten months, Mohammadi was finally allowed to speak to her children. They live in Paris with their father, with whom she was not allowed to speak with over the phone. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5715'> It was reported that her trial was held in Branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Salavati. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='5870'> The Reporters Without Borders organization, which is based in Paris, awarded her the Freedom Of Information Award. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6033'> According to the Defenders of Human Rights Center's website, the defendant was tried by Judge Salavati based on Clauses 500, 610, 498, and 134 of the Islamic Penal Code and was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of "Assembly and collusion with aims to commit crimes against national security", one year in prison on the charge of "Propagating against the system", and ten years in prison on the charge of "Founding and managing an illegal group". Based on Clause 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, 10 years of this sentence can be implemented. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6079'> The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights decried the 16-year sentence issued for Narges Mohammadi, calling it "astonishing" and requesting her immediate release. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6980'> Taghi Rahmani announced through a note that Narges Mohammadi's interrogator has told her that she cannot talk to her children because they are with their father and their father is a fugitive. Taghi Rahmani wrote even before this in our only phone call "I did not speak to her because she said it will be cut off, so I handed the phone to my children". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9763'> With a statement, Nobel Women's initiative, which was founded by Female Nobel Laureates, asked the Iranian government to release Narges Mohammadi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6484'> Swedish Centre, PEN International, announced that the defendant had been accepted as an honorary member of this organization. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21066'> A text she wrote was published on her Facebook page. In this short text, she talked about what she'd been through in prison at the time of her uncle's death, and wrote at the end, "Now I have a greater understanding of Narges's strike." This text was written at the same time as Narges Mohammadi's hunger strike in protest of the authorities' denial of her telephone call with her children. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6850'> She was awarded the Weimar Human Rights Prize due to her "long-term and tireless activities." </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6948'> The Center for Defenders of Human Rights' website reported that she has gone on hunger strike because the authorities have denied her her right to call her children. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7074'> She said in a note that she had no other request but to be able to call her children on the phone. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6979'> She became convulsive in the women ward of Evin Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6978'> The Socialist Party of France announced in a statement that it "once again and decisively asks for Narges Mohammadi's freedom." </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7119'> According to Mr. Rahmani's notes, Tehran's attorney general told Narges Mohammadi that she being denied phone calls to her children was the decision of security forces. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7073'> On the sixth day of her hunger strike, she was transferred to the hospital and sent back to prison on the same day. This visit was probably due to her monthly check up for her lung disease. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7384'> Maryam Naghash Zargaran went on a four day hunger strike in support of Narges Mohammadi's requests. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7115'> A group of political and civil activists organized an Eftar event in support of Narges Mohammadi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7168'> Amnesty International issued a warning regarding Narges Mohammadi's continued hunger strike and asked for her unconditional freedom and right to contact her children to be respected. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7347'> In a letter to the chief of judiciary, Azam Taleghani warned him about Narges Mohammadi's conditions, and asked for him to respect the rights of the accused and the prisoners. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7298'> After a significant drop in her blood pressure, she was transferred to the prison's treatment center and later sent back to the ward. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7453'> Over three thousand people sent letters to the chief of judiciary, asking him to help Narges Mohammadi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7348'> PENN Association supported her via a letter. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7370'> Over 100000 tweets were sent in her support. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7369'> Azra Bazargan, Narges Mohammadi's mother, wrote a letter to the president saying she expects the president to investigate her condition so that there won't be more threats to her daughter's life. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7395'> In separate letters, she was asked by Ahmad Montazeri, Shirin Ebadi, Zirandokht Atayi, and one day later by Mir-Hossein Mousavi's daughter, to end her hunger strike. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7474'> She published a letter titled "Stepping on Principles or refusing motherhood." In the letter, she mentioned that she was surprised that an esteemed official had asked her in a meeting to back down from her "position". "In the middle of all this, neither my heart nor my children's little hearts are battlefields of war and politics and power, nor my children and I are soldiers in this field so that we can back down from our positions. My demands are rights, and it's a human request, so accept it". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7473'> In a letter to Islamic Republic authorities, Ahmad Reza Ahmadpour, Babak Ahmadi, Jafar Panahi, Giti Pourfazel, Ali Reza Jabbari, Fariborz Raees Dana, Nasrin Sotoodeh, Mansour Faraji, Asghar Farhadi, Farideh Morad Khani, Abdollah Moradi, Esmail Moftizadeh, Mohammad Maleki, and Mohammad Nourizad, demanded that they end their violation of the constitution and human rights , starting by accepting Narges Mohammadi's legal request. They also asked Narges Mohammadi to "bring peace to her family, children, and friends by ending her hunger strike." </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7452'> According to Harana, in a letter to Narges Mohammadi, group of Sunni prisoners in Rajayi Shahr prison asked her to end her hunger strike. They also sent her two little hand made gifts on which they had carved the name 'Narges' and her children's names, 'Kiana' and 'Ali'. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7480'> She ended her hunger strike after a phone conversation with her children. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7605'> According to Harana, an international organization called "Together Against Death Sentence" issued a press release in which her condition was explained and her prison sentence was strongly condemned. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7601'> She published a note about her hunger strike from prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8052'> According to Kalame, there was a group session in the women's ward of Evin Prison regarding the execution of Sunni prisoners. In this session Bahareh Hedayat and Narges Mohammadi spoke on the issue. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8608'> According to Center for Defenders of Human Rights, she wrote a note honoring Zahra Rahnavard, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and Mehdi Karroubi, on their two thousandth day of house arrest, and emphasized the importance of defending the rights of the accused. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='8533'> She wrote a note on the issue of solitary confinement and called it a form of torture. The full note was published by the Center for the Defenders of Human Rights. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9169'> After Bahareh Hedayat was released, Mohammad wrote her a letter and congratulated her freedom. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9836'> In a public statement, a group of 120 political and civil activists, journalists, and university professors objected to the "unjust and shocking" sentence of Narges Mohammadi, "the unjust continued incarceration" of Ehsan Mazandarani and Isa Saharkhiz, and continued house arrest of Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and Zahra Rahnavard. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9387'> Judge Zargar of branch 36 of Tehran's appeal court confirmed the preliminary court's verdict for Narges Mohammadi verbatim. According to the Center for Defenders of Human Rights, during the trial it was agreed that Mohammadi's attorneys were allowed to offer new evidence and documents to the court, but according to Taghi Rahmani, the appeal court issued its verdict before receiving the evidence. In its ruling, branch 36 of Tehran's appeal court wrote that Narges Mohammadi's appeal request is not in compliance with any of the conditions and alternatives under article 434, and no justifiable nor reasonable objection has been offered which can provide grounds for overturn of the verdict. In its execution of Article 134 of the Islamic Code of Punishment, the branch also ruled for the maximum punishment of ten years in prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9388'> Reporters Without Borders "strongly" condemned the confirmation of her sentence by the appeal court. Amnesty International also called this confirmation an example of "how Iranian authorities humiliate justice". "Defending the Human Rights Defenders Initiative" also condemned the confirmation of her verdict. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9527'> Her attorney, Mr. Behzadi Rad, told Iran Wire that the founders of LEGAM were supposed to testify in the appeal court that Narges Mohammadi was not one of the founders of LEGAM. He said he is hopeful that the supreme court would accept the appeal request. According to Behzadi Rad, Narges Mohammadi was still unaware of the appeal court's verdict and would be informed on the next visitation day (Sunday). Previously, doctor Mohammad Maleki admitted that he was one of the founders of LEGAM, and that Narges Mohammadi was not a founder. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9577'> On Friday, the foreign secretary of United States asked the Islamic Republic to release Narges Mohammadi for humanitarian reasons. The European Union also condemned her sentence of sixteen years in prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9528'> Taghi Rahmani told Iran Wire that LEGAM is a campaign, not an organization, and Narges Mohammadi was not a founder. He also said "Narges is a human rights activist and a sick mother who has never said Mr. Khamenei has to go or not. She has not opposed the system, she has asked for changes in laws, which is the classic and actual activity of a human rights activist". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9579'> Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned E.U's criticism over the sentence of Narges Mohammadi and called their position "unproductive". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9578'> Human Rights Watch condemned her appeal verdict. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9609'> In a letter, Abolfazl Ghadyani wrote: > Although this heavy sentence is quite surprising, such verdicts are not unprecedented nor unexpected from a judiciary which is dependent on religious tyranny and obedient to the tyrant . </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9762'> She published a letter from Evin Prison in response to the appeal court's verdict. This letter, which was published by the Center for Defenders of Human Rights, has been documented in the "Supporting Evidence" section of this page. In it, she explains that the reason the judiciary system put her through all this hardship is that she is a human rights activist, "but they have not been able to take away the love and ideals" from her heart and soul. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10375'> Congressman Mahmoud Sadeghi told ISNA that the letter to the Judiciary was not supposed to become public, and that their aim was to follow up and consult with the chief of the Judiciary and Ayatollah Khamenei. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9897'> Human Rights Watch dedicated its weekly "Free Them" campaign to her. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9731'> "Front Line Defenders" organization published a statement mentioning cases of Atena Daemi, Amir Amir Gholi, Saeed Shirzad, Jafar Azimzadeh, Shapour Ehsani, and Narges Mohammadi asked for the release and termination of the persecution of human rights activists. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9961'> Center for Defenders of Human Rights called on "all the free thinkers, human rights activists and organizations, and defenders of freedom of speech" to show global solidarity in their efforts to free Narges Mohammadi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9656'> In an open letter, over one hundred former members of Tahkim Vahdat Office and Islamic Associations called Narges Mohammadi's sentence unjust and asked for it to be reconsidered. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10122'> A group of women's rights, civil and political activists, and friends of Narges Mohammadi held a gathering in protest of the heavy sentence she received. The "Women Citizenship Center" reported that her attorney explained different aspects of her case during this gathering. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9657'> In a letter to the chief of judiciary, group of members of the 10th congress of Islamic Republic asked him to issue the necessary orders " for overturning the verdict and for the case to be processed in another judicial branch, in compliance with Islamic compassion and with regards to the rightful objections to the issued verdict according to Article 477 of the code of judicial procedure." It is also mentioned in the letter that Narges Mohammadi's participation in the election is "a sign of her compassion" for the country. These members of congress claimed that such verdicts "will cause lethargy and inanition in the society and distance the opposition and the critics from the regime." Among the members of the congress who signed this letter are Alireza Mahjoob, Sohelia Jelodarzadeh, Ali Motahari, Parvaneh Mafi, Fatemeh Zolghadr, Nahid Tajoddin, Hamideh Zar Abadi, Parvaneh Salahshoori, Ahmad Mazani, Hajar Chenarani, Alireza Rahimi, Fatemeh Saeedi, Tayebeh Siavashi Shah Enayati, and Mahmood Sadeghi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9802'> Her attorney, Mahmoud Behzadi, told Isna that after the application of Article 134, Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to five years in prison (reduced from 6) for her first case, and ten years in prison (reduced from sixteen) for her second case, and overall she has to stay in prison for ten years. He also said that he is hopeful that the country's supreme court will overturn the appeal court's verdict due to the contradictions. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9761'> In response to the letter sent by the members of parliament, the attorney general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, said that Narges Mohammadi is among those who are on the "ominous side" of the Nuclear Agreement. According to Mehr, he said: > It is burdensome for us that there are voices and correspondences within the parliament that are aligned with the enemy's desires." He emphasized that Narges Mohammadi's case "is not in good condition . </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9962'> According to Saham News, Mohammad Noorizad, Ahmad Reza Ahmadpour, Farideh Morad Khani, and Mansour Faraji asked President Hassan Rouhani in a petition to follow up on Narges Mohammadi's case in accordance with the Article 121 of the constitution. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9776'> According to Vaght'e Iran, Hajar Chenarani, one of the signatories of the letter from members of the congress, said she will have a meeting next week with Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi, Tehran's attorney general about Narges Mohammadi's case. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9967'> "International Campaign in Support of Narges Mohamadi" was started by a number of independent civil activists. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9966'> According to Ilna, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said that Article 477 can only be applied under the authority of the chief of judiciary. He also emphasized that when a verdict is finalized, Islamic Compassion does not apply and the case is no longer in the hands of the judge or the Department of Verdict Execution. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9768'> In regards to the letter from members of congress, the spokesperson for the judiciary said: > this article (4779) only applies in cases where the evidence are relevant and accepted, and if it becomes evident for the chief of judiciary that there has been a violation of Sharia, then the issues can be investigated. Although Islamic Compassion must also be considered . </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9764'> In response to the Attorney Generals comments, Narges Mohammadi released a statement from Evin Prison. She asked the judiciary official to reveal every page of her indictment, her defense and every detail of her life to the people so they can all be judged in the court of public opinion. This letter is documented in the "Supporting Evidence" section of this page. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10002'> The Human Rights Defenders' Association of Kurdistan released a statement calling Narges Mohammadi's sentence "unjust and unfair", and asked for her "unconditional freedom". This organization also announced that it would cooperate with the International Campaign in support of Narges Mohammadi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10060'> According to ISNA, in a letter to the Attorney General, 17 members of the parliament asked for an explanation about Narges Mohammadi's case while emphasizing the independence of the judiciary and their acceptance of the judiciary's final verdict. In this letter, they wrote that they signed the previous letter having awareness about Narges Mohammadi's case, and asked the judiciary to "explain the content of Narges Mohammadi's case for the people so the public can judge if your honor's decision is more righteous or the opinion of the signatories of the letter". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10174'> According to "Zeitoon", Parvaneh Salahshoori, Fatemeh Zolghadr, Fatemeh Saeedi, members of the female caucus of the 10th congress, announced their "negotiation and consultations" with the judiciary in order to "reduce" the sentence of Narges Mohammadi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10663'> According to Radio Farda, 42 student associations published a joint statement demanding her "immediate and unconditional freedom". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10205'> Tawakkol Karman, one of the recipients of a Nobel Peace Prize, asked for her immediate release. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10664'> She sent an open letter to the secretary of the National Security Council demanding a review and follow up on her case. The letter was published by Harana, and documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10286'> In a letter to the members of congress, she thanked them for their sense of responsibility, and asked for the review of her case in congress and in the commission on Article 90, so she can be judged by the public. This letter is documented in the "Supporting Evidence" section of this page. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10930'> According to the Persian Facebook page of the State Department of the United States, in one of the segments of the Campaign to Free Political Prisoners, Samantha Power, The U.S ambassador to the United Nations, published an image of Narges Mohammadi and asked the Iranian regime to "Free Narges Mohammadi and let her be with her family". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10879'> According to Deutsche Welle, Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2016 Weimar city Human Rights award. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10776'> In a letter to the international human rights organizations, she asked them to "help the Iranian civil society" and noted that "wars and sanctions that aim at people are threats to human rights". The letter is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10795'> According to Harana, an event was held for "The International Day of Human Rights" in the women's ward. In this gathering, Atena Daemi, Maryam Naghash Zargaran, Mahvash Shahriari, Fahimeh Arafi, Sotoodeh Fazel, Maryam Akbari Monfared, Fatemeh Mosanna, Golrokh Iraee, Fariba Kamal Abadi, Mahin Izadi, Reyhaneh Tabatabaee, Ameneh Jaberi, and Narges Mohammadi made speeches and had discussions regarding human rights issues. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10889'> The Sunni prisoners of Rajayi Shahr Prison published a statement demanding the release of Narges Mohammadi and Atena Daemi. The statement is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='11694'> Taghi Rahmani explained on his personal Facebook page that the prosecutor's representative has told Narges Mohammadi that Tehran's attorney general will allow her to go on temporary leave "if no one comes to visit you, you don't call anybody, and you don't answer your phone". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12813'> She described in a letter the conditions of Women's Ward on children's visitation day (Wednesdays). This report was published by the Center for Human Rights Defenders and is documented in the Supporting Evidence section of this page. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12863'> According to Harana, in protest to Shahnaz Akmali's arrest, Narges Mohammadi, Atena Daemi, Maryam Akbari Monfared, and Golrokh Iraee sent a letter to the Women's Ward of Evin Prison demanding her immediate and unconditional release. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12894'> In an article published by Center for Defenders of Human Rights, she argued the possibility of the reconsideration of death penalty. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13400'> Nargess Mohammadi wrote a report about a day in the life of those who were imprisoned because of nothing more than their social network activities. It was published by The Organization of Defenders of Human Rights Center in the evidence gathering section of the site </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='13883'> Amnesty International, North America, devoted its Norouz letter writing campaign to Saeed Malekpour, Keyvan Karimi, Mehdi Rajaian, Hossein Rajaian, Narges Mohammadi, Mohammad Ali Taheri, Athena Daemi, and Mahvash Sabet. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14269'> The Defenders of Human Rights Center's website reported, at the end of the six year verdict (filed in 2010), that her ten year incarceration verdict went into effect. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14496'> Taghi Rahmani told the Campaign For Human Rights that her 600 million Toman bail was still in the hands of the judiciary. They could have easily sent her on temporary leave if they so wished, but they refused and renewed her verdict without a day of leave since she was first imprisoned. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14494'> The Defenders of Human Rights Center's website published a text by her regarding the end of her last prison sentence and the beginning of a new one. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15109'> Her Lawyer, Mohammad Behzadi, told ISNA that Narges Mohammadi’s request for a retrial had been rejected by the 33rd branch of the Supreme Court of Iran. He added that Mohammadi had served her first sentence in accordance to article 134 and will now begin serving her second sentence of ten years imprisonment. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15976'> Narges Mohammadi, in a letter addressed to Ismael Abdi, praised his “resilience and activism” for “ending the security treatment of Teachers’ Union activists as well as his humanitarian beliefs” and asked human rights activist to show him solidarity. “I will not plead with you to stop your hunger strike, because I harbor no doubt that it is just” but “I beseech you, the proud educator of our land, to take care of your health”. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15817'> According to reports from the Organization of Human Rights Defenders, Nargess Mohammadi, was transferred to the hospital because of a ceaseless bleeding in her uterus. The report holds that she suffers from two illnesses, lung embolism and muscle paralyses; two maladies that have been exacerbated by being in a prison and a high stress environment. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15849'> The Defenders of Human Rights Center reported that Mohammadi underwent surgery at a hospital. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16107'> According to the Defenders of Human Rights Center, Narges Mohammadi had a speech at the commemoration ceremony of Engineer Sahabi, Haleh Sahabi and Hoda Saber in Women's Ward of Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16192'> The Human Rights Defenders’ Center published a letter from Narges Mohammadi to Hassan Rouhani, titled, “Mr. President, I expect from you the realization of a civil society.” This letter can be found in the evidence section of this page. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18277'> Narges Mohammadi wrote a text and called the attempt to break the restrictions as an "Ethical test" of "liberal people". She added, "Our silence is strengthening the continuity of the restrictions." The note has been published by the Defenders of Human Rights Center </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16943'> Human Rights Defenders’ Center published a text written by Narges Mohammadi in which she describes the pain of prison and being there at the same time as the ambassadors’ visit to Evin. “I thought to myself, can the red carpet, spread under the feet of the ambassadors, on the concrete stained with the blood of Sattar Beheshti and Hoda Saber and… in order to trample on it, cover it all the truths of Evin?” This letter can be found in the evidence section of this page. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18241'> According to the statement published by Defenders of Human Rights Center, She and some political prisoners in the Women's Ward of Evin prison had expressed concern over the relocation of Rajai Shahr political prisoners </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19299'> In a letter addressed to the Article 90 Commission of the Majlis, she asked the representatives to form a committee to stop the continued use of solitary cells as a form of torture. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18515'> Nargess Mohammadi has embarked on a hunger strike in Evin prison, in support of Mehdi Karoubi’s demands. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18932'> The website for the Defenders of Human Rights Center reported that Narges Mohammadi, after many unanswered letters and protestations, “after humiliating and harsh treatment of [Evin] prison guards, when she went to the doctor’s office on August 1, 2017, announced, in a letter, to the Evin prison lawyer, that until the correction of the guards behavior, she will forgo the pursuit of her treatment”. According to this report, “prison guards announced that they were acting on orders from above”. The Center’s website confirmed that there were several other cases that confirm that this kind of behavior is common. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19115'> Amnesty International: > Narges [Mohammadi] and Arash [Sadeghi]’s cases are just the tip of the iceberg. Dozens of others in Iran are being harassed, and some even tortured and jailed – just for having the courage to speak out against injustice </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='19543'> She was recipient of the 2018 Andrei Sakharov prize "for her leadership in campaigning for peace, justice, and the abolition of the death penalty and for her unwavering efforts to promote the human rights and freedoms of the Iranian people, despite persecution that has forced her to suspend her scientific pursuits and endure lengthy incarceration". </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20163'> "I call on the authorities to release the imprisoned mothers as soon as possible. I am ready to remain in house arrest in return for the rest of their sentence.", Kaleme reported that Zahra Rahnavard said this after learning of Narges Mohammadi's recent letter </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20306'> Narges Mohammadi emphasized the pain and trauma she endured in solitary confinement. She paralleled her experience to the Stalin era, explaining that holding a prisoner’s fingers between doors and breaking them was used as a way to obtain false confessions. Referencing Sasan Aghaei and Yaghma Fashkhami, she explained that there's little to no ramifications of this method of torture as solitary confinement ensured the absence of evidence and witnesses. She asks: > In examining the prolongation of the prison term in a cell, can it be concluded that the formula has changed to a certain magnitude, and the "longitude" of staying a finger between a door, has changed to the "longitude "of a prisoner’s stay inside a cell in order of reaching a single result to obtain "confessions? The letter, which was published by Kalameh, has been recorded in the evidence section of the profile of Narges Mohammadi in Atlas. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20513'> She emphasized the right to hold rallies and protests, as well as to refrain from violence by writing a text in December 2017's demonstrations. "If I had not been in prison, I would have stood in front of the parliament on the days of reviewing and approving the nation's property bill to remind them they are representative and responsible to the nation.", She wrote </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20712'> On the thousandth day of her imprisonment, Amnesty International demanded her release. From this day onwards, Iran Prison Atlas will not record statements of human rights organizations and political figures in support of Narges Mohammadi, except in exceptional cases. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25931'> Nasrin Sotoodeh, Shirin Ebadi, Narges Mohammadi, Payam Akhavan, Jafar Panahi, Mohsen Sazgara, Mohammad Seyfzade, Hasan Shariatmadari, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, Abolfazl Qadiani, Mohsen Kadivar, Kazem Kardavani, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mohammad Maleki and Mohammad Noorizad issued an appeal that called for peaceful transition from the Islamic Republic toward a parliamentary secular democracy based on free vote of the people, full observation of human rights and lifting of all discrimination especially full equality for women, ethnicities and religions in all cultural, social, political and economic fields. According to the undersigned “forty years of experience shows that the Islamic Republic of Iran can’t be reformed” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23121'> Taghi Rahmani wrote on his Facebook page that Narges Mohammadi has been deprived of treatment although she had been suffering from gallbladder problems for a long time. Although the prosecutor agreed on taking her to a hospital outside the prison, her transfer was rejected. She was taken to the hospital shortly after </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23174'> "My client has been detained for six years and four months. Unfortunately, her conditional release has not been approved despite the possibility of using parole," her lawyer, Mahmoud Behzadi Rad, told ISNA. He also added that Ms. Mohammadi will be sentenced to 10 years in prison under Article 134 and the aggregation of sentences </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='23632'> Narges Mohammadi and Nazanin Zaghari were taken to hospital after the hunger strike ended. As in previous weeks, the prison officials tried to prevent these two political prisoners' transfer to the hospital </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25849'> She wrote a letter to the head of the judiciary and considered the detention of environmental activists in solitary confinement illegal and an example of torture under conviction No. 435, dated 18/01/2004 </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27091'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/statements/a-426/'> Seventeen political prisoners in the Women’s Section of Evin published a statement to condemn the behavior shown by judicial and security apparatus to those political prisoners who are also mothers. A quote from the statement: “In all these years, the misogynist government has fought women and mothers who stand up for freedom and justice. That the fight continues is itself a sign of increasing awareness and acceleration of women’s struggles and protests. There are many examples. Just in the last few months, we saw the arrest of Farangis Mazloom, despite her sickness, because she was defending her son, Soheil Arabi. Alireza Shirmohammadi’s mother, because she didn’t have the 80 million toman to post bail, lost her son in prison. Rahele Asl Ahmadi, because she wanted freedom for her daughter, Saba Kurdafshari, was arrested; and many other cases.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='27737'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/%D9%86%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C.pdf'> Reacting to the widespread oppression of protesters in late 2019, Narges Mohammadi published a letter condemning the killing and oppression of demonstrators. She said all people should support the protests and condemn the actions of the government. The full text of the letter can be read in the following address </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28025'> <reference source='https://zeitoons.com/70991'> According to Zeitoon, Mahmoud Behzadi Rad, lawyer of Narges Mohammadi and Nazanin Zaghari, said that Tehran Prosecutor's Office has rejected granting them leave or conditional release from prison </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28030'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/media/file_evidence/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1.pdf'> Five Iranian Women Political prisoners held in Evin Prison, named Atena Daemi, Saba Kord Afshari, Narges Mohammadi, Yasaman Aryani, and Monireh Arabshahi has been express solidarity with protesters detained at 2019 nationwide protests, and those endure a difficult life due to natural disasters (floods and earthquakes). They stated that they would sit in front of the Evin Prison Bureau in protest of the harsh crackdown on the protesters, until Forty days after the deaths of November 2019 </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34941'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzN5e1j-86k'> Authorities sent a fake letter to Narges Mohammadi which asked her to leave her prison section for a meeting with her lawyer. After she did so, the head of the prison, Mr Ziyaee, and the security forces spent four hours of insulting her and beating her up. She was thrown to the wall, pushed, dragged on the stairs and on the ground. She punched the entrance door which led to her hand being injured by broken glass. After a few hours, the authorities wanted to get Narges Mohammadi inside a car and get her out of prison. They refused to answer her repeated questions about where they were taking her. She was violently thrown inside the car. In a video she published about a year later, she said this mistreatment resulted from her joining in a prison sit-in and publishing a letter to protest the government’s behavior during the nationwide demonstrations of 2019-2020. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34944'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%D9%86%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B3+%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C'> She was exiled to the Zanjan prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34943'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%D9%86%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B3+%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C'> Narges Mohammadi filed a complaint against the perpetrators of her beating. Later, it was reported that her complaint was not accepted by the court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28131'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-785/'> Narges Mohammadi’s husband, Taqi Rahmani, declared that she had been sent to Zanjan Prison. Transferring this human rights activist to a prison away from her hometown happens as prisoners had staged a sit-in to commemorate the fortieth day of mourning for the protesters killed in recent nationwide protests. Ms Mohammadi was beaten up by Gholamreza Ziyayi, the prison warden, Mr Rahmani added. Hours later, a picture of Narges Mohammadi’s letter was published. There, he has detailed the events. She said that she had been “beaten up and repeatedly insulted by the prison warden.” About 50 people from the prison guards and the Ministry of Intelligence forces had gathered around her as she was being sent away to Zanjan and some played a part in pressuring her. The picture of the letter can be found in the Evidence section of IPA and its text is shared in the following link </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28279'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/narges-mohamadi-1/'> According to theIPA, Narges Mohammadi’s life is under threat. The report says Ms Mohammadi’s condition might worsen and she might face death </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28965'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/election-1398/36148'> Narges Mohammadi wrote a letter and called the election boycott as a way to confront the Iranian government. "People had been going to the polls for years in the hope of reform, but now the Iranian government is responding to people by torturing, killing and repressing protesters. So boycotting the elections is the only way to protest the authoritarian system," she said in the letter </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29094'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/narges-mohamadi-2/'> According to IPA, Narges Mohammadi published a letter pointing to the difficulties of Zanjan prison. "I ask myself why I should be exiled to such a prison? Sometimes I ask why am I imprisoned, for which crime?" she wrote in the letter. According to Ms. Mohammadi, the conditions in this prison are very difficult. The prisoners in this place are mostly suffering from poverty and addiction. It should be noted that meat has been removed from the meals of these prisoners </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29158'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/narges-mohamadi-3/'> According to IPA, Narges Mohammadi's mother demanded the return of her daughter to Evin prison. "I saw 20 bruises on her arms and legs, but the authorities did not allow forensic doctors to report the beating of Narges." She said about the beating of Ms. Mohammadi by Gholam Reza Ziaei </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29512'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d9%86%d8%b1%da%af%d8%b3-%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af%db%8c/'> Two new cases were brought up against Narges Mohammadi. According to IPA, One of these cases has been filed by the Evin Prison's director on the charge of "disrupting prison order." In another case, Ms. Mohammadi has been charged with "insulting and defaming government officials"; The revelation of Ziaee's "harassment" was an example of this charge </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30239'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d9%86%d8%b1%da%af%d8%b3-%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af%db%8c%d8%8c-%d9%86%d8%b3%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%af%d9%87%d8%8c-%d8%a2%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%a7-%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%85%db%8c/'> IPA has remarked on the leave refusal for three female political prisoners named Nasrin Sotoudeh, Narges Mohammadi and Atena Daemi, in a report. The report mentions points such as the reaction of the prisoners' families and security entities' proceedings taken against political prisoners during the Coronavirus pandemic </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29912'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d9%86%d8%b1%da%af%d8%b3-%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af%db%8c-%db%b2/'> According to IPA, Mehdi Mohammadi, Narges Mohammadi's brother, wrote a letter and condemned the Judiciary in dealing with the critical situation of prisoners at risk of Coronavirus. "The financial prisoners have been released due to their proximity to the government, but my sister that suffers from a specific illness, is still in prison," he said in the letter. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30413'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-804/'> Narges Mohammadi published a letter coinciding with the annual of her arrest. This letter is listed in the "Evidence" section of this page. "Seeking justice, freedom, and human rights are worth losing all I have, even the childish voice of my children Ali and Kiana," Ms. Mohammadi wrote in her letter. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30551'> <reference source='http://www.humanrights-ir.org/detail/2281'> According to Defenders of Human Rights Center, Narges Mohammadi declared that she would not appear in Pro-forma trials and she accepts all her activities inside the prison.The interrogation meeting was held in Zanjan prison, and it is said that Mrs. Mohammadi's commute has also banned even with the protection of officers </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30931'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25045/'> Narges Mohammadi's lawyer (Mahmoud Behzadiarad), has requested Narges Mohammadi's return to Tehran, as well as her release on probation, but the judiciary did not heed his request yet </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31164'> <reference source='https://www.kaleme.com/1399/03/25/klm-279690/'> “I saw the sadness in Narges's words that I had never seen before. During her time in Zanjan prison, some of her roommates were executed. Narges heard the voices of children and other family members of a man who was executed on the first day of Khordad (mid-June). Narges told me this bitter memory moment by moment; From the execution to the crying and wailing afterward.”, Narges Mohammadi's mother said about her recent meeting with her child. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31527'> She has faced the Coronavirus symptoms. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31526'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/نامه-خانواده-نرگس-محمدی-نرگس-در-زندان/'> Twelve prisoners, including Narges Mohammadi, "may have been infected by the coronavirus." According to information provided by Ms. Mohammadi's family to IPA, she has most of the symptoms of Coronavirus. All the prisoners who were suspected of Coronavirus have been tested, but officials have refused to publish the detainees' situation. Twelve prisoners suspected of having the virus have been quarantined at the prison. "If you had not committed a crime, you would not be imprisoned now." the prison deputy said in response to Narges Mohammadi's protest. Ms. Mohammadi's family mentioned Narges Mohammadi's health condition in a letter to IPA. "Doctors have prescribed a high-protein diet for Narges. We took the doctor's letter to the prosecutor's office. But it seems their opinion depends on the order of the judicial officers." the family said. It seems that the prison was not even willing to provide proper food for Ms. Mohammadi at her own expense </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31543'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/نامه-خانواده-نرگس-محمدی-نرگس-در-زندان/'> She wrote a letter asking for medical care for prisoners infected with the Coronavirus. Ms. Mohammadi stated that she had been infected by the Coronavirus, and the officials are refusing to treat her. She pointed to recent restrictions forced by the Ministry of Intelligence and the Judiciary and said: > I have been deprived of my rights such as contacting my children, accessing books and buying meat at my own expense with the order of these two institutions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31544'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/features/39441'> "The pressure on Narges is for harassment and revenge," Narges Mohammadi's Husband, Taghi Rahmani, told Iranwire. "The situation of people like Narges Mohammadi against the Coronavirus is more worrying. There may be irreparable consequences for her, according to her acute respiratory illness." Mr. Rahmani described his wife's illness. Ms. Mohammadi has been taken to hospital twice, and the second time, a doctor told her she had been infected by Coronavirus. According to Mr. Rahmani's interview with Iranwire, the Zanjan prosecutor rejected Narges Mohammadi's request to be sent on leave until she recovers. Although The doctors have confirmed Ms. Mohammadi's infection by Coronavirus, prison officials and the Judiciary's spokesman deny it. Narges Mohammadi's condition has increased her family concerns, and social media users have also expressed concern over her condition with the hashtag "#Torture_with_coronavirus" </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31579'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/statements/a-501/'> A group of reformist political activists wrote a letter to Hassan Rouhani calling for the release of Narges Mohammadi and other political prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31629'> <reference source='https://t.me/bbcpersian/73364'> Narges Mohammadi's children mentioned the violation of their mother's rights in a video. They have asked people to support the right of telephone communication with their mother </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31933'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/4345/'> 16 human rights experts including Javaid Rehman, the UN SPecial Reporter on Human Rights in Iran, expressed concern about Ms. Mohammadi's illness and asked the Islamic Republic officials to "release Ms. Mohammadi and others who were arbitrarily arrested. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31731'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/روایت-نرگس-محمدی-از-پشت-صحنه-گزارش-تلوی/'> By broadcasting a video of Narges Mohammadi in the prison's infirmary department, Islamic Republic TV claimed that "her condition is good and the published reports are the opposition media's propaganda." "Before recording this fragmented video, they gave me medicine to obtain their scenario." Ms. Mohammadi commented on the video. This video was secretly recorded. According to Ms. Mohammadi's words, IPA published a report: > She was not in good condition while recording the video and had coughed heavily, but these coughing parts have been removed from the video." She is in better condition now. "All is remaining to do is cut off the water on me. You did anything to torture me. I'm not worried about tortures, and I have no personal demands. I have changed after the slaughter of January 2017 and November 2019. Reform was our solution to another agreement, and I'm loyal to it. I will not retreat, Narges Mohammadi wrote after the recovery </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='31730'> <reference source='https://t.me/dw_farsi/47894'> Molavi Abdolhamid, the Sunni Friday-payer Imam of Zahedan wrote a letter to Ibrahim Raisi, pointing out Ms. Mohammadi's illness and asking for a medical furlough for her. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33236'> <reference source='https://united4iran.org/en/15prisoners'> United for Iran published the fact patterns and legal analyses of Narges Mohammadi's case, taking into consideration human rights and fair trial violations based on international treaties to which the IRI is a signatory. The Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) has been used as the lead document for this context. United for Iran has published similar fact patterns for 14 other political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, and has called on UN institutions to use these resources to file cases and follow up on their situations </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='32993'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MizanNewsAgency/status/1314088009738919946?s=20'> According to local media, Narges Mohammadi was released from prison. According to these reports, her sentence was reduced to eight years and six months in prison in accordance with the implementation of the Law on Reduction of Punishment, approved in early 2019, and as a result, she has been released. Considering that Ms. Mohammadi had not served her whole sentence, her release was probably conditional. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34945'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%D9%86%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B3+%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C'> A trial was held for Narges Mohammadi. As she had said before, she refused to take part. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34437'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CKiqtVMB24c/?igshid=1m34uy1e2n95k'> Taqi Rahmani, Narges Mohammadi's husband, published a video of their children on her Instagram page. In this video, Ali and Kiana Rahmani, the children of Narges Mohammadi, protested against their mother being barred from leaving the country. The content of this video shows that although Ms. Mohammadi's sentence has ended, she has been denied the right to leave the country and visit her children. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34942'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzN5e1j-86k&t=308s'> In a filmed statement, Narges Mohammadi said that she won’t take part in the trial on February 27. The trial was supposed to address her activities regarding the nationwide protests of 2019-2020 which led to her being beaten up by authorities of prison and the Ministry of Intelligence and then internally exiled to the Zanjan Prison. Narges Mohammadi, who suffered hours of physical and verbal abuse at the hand of authorities last year, said: “I won’t allow the Islamic Republic to present a claimant as the accused.” She said the real accused parties in this case should have been the Iranian regime, the Ministry of Intelligence and the Prisons’ Organization of the Judiciary and presented her reasons for suing them; Mohammadi had previously filed a suit against the authorities that had beaten her up but this was never followed up on. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35132'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3vJKtZo'> Amnesty International in Norway and two Norwegian members of parliament nominated Narges Mohammadi for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='35980'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30238/'> According to HRANA, the American PEN association released a statement objecting to the sentence of prison, fine, and flogging for Narges Mohammadi. The association demanded the immediate reversal of the verdict. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36646'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27UmOQ7PNQM'> A video of Narges Mohammadi was released in which she announced that Mohammad Nourizad was attacked by security forces before entering the prison. Mr. Nourizad had returned to prison at the end of his leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36951'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CUSCRaEqaFy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> Narges Mohammadi posted on her Instagram that she has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, 80 lashes, and two separate fines for charges such as propaganda against the state, sit-in at the prison office, disobeying the warden and prison authorities, breaking windows, and “false claims of torture and assault and battery.” She announced that since the opening of the case she has not attended any legal proceeding or trial session, she has not written anything or hired a lawyer. Since her release 10 months ago, Ms. Mohammadi has been violently arrested five times. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37480'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RahmaniTaghi/status/1460591322042183682?s=20'> She was violently arrested at an event for the second-year anniversary of Ebrahim Ketabdar’s murder. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37479'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RahmaniTaghi/status/1460943854803243008?s=20'> Taghi Rahmani announced on Twitter that Narges Mohammadi is being held in solitary confinement and the agents have communicated her sentence of 30 months in prison and 80 lashes. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37634'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CWnN3fZKrZ6/'> She was informed of new charges at the Evin prosecutor’s office. Her husband Taghi Rahmani wrote on Instagram that all her human rights activities since her release were considered instances of crimes. Attending the ceremony for the protesters killed in November 2019, lighting candles for the victims of Ukrainian flight, publishing the book “White Torture”, reporting the sexual assaults on female prisoners, singing a song for the protesters killed in November 2019, membership in Defenders of Human Rights Center, and not submitting to the court’s ruling is among the instances of her crime. The legal basis for her arrest and charges is still unclear. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37913'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ZiaNabavi1/status/1471146168231026691?s=20'> Taghi Rahmani tweeted that his wife Narges Mohammadi is still in solitary confinement without access to an attorney. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38084'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RahmaniTaghi/status/1475762346664542212?s=20'> Taghi Rahmani tweeted that “spying for Saudi Arabia” has been added to Narges Mohammadi's charges. In a phone call to her family, Ms. Mohammadi said she’s been under interrogation since November 24th and kept in solitary confinement. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38081'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RahmaniTaghi/status/1476848428428709890?s=20'> Tagi Rahmani reported that the security agents searched Ms. Mohammadi’s home. During the search, the agents confiscated some of her personal belongings including her book “White Torture”. Taghi Rahmani added that Narges Mohammadi is still in solitary without an attorney and her “white torture continues”. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38082'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RahmaniTaghi/status/1477615546594209794?s=20'> Taghi Rahmani reported that the public prosecutor of Tehran is refusing to respond to Narges Mohammadi’s family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38083'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RahmaniTaghi/status/1478290496170647555?s=20'> Taghi Rahmani tweeted that Narges Mohammadi’s brief phone call to her family was suddenly cut off after she said: “I’ll sue the prosecutor at the second branch of Moghaddas prosecutor’s office.” The interrogators told her: “Your crime is so obvious that you don’t need interrogation.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38148'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/ZiaNabavi1/status/1483767146031325185?s=20'> She was transferred to ward eight of Qarchak prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38842'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RahmaniTaghi/status/1495351122512551937?s=20&t=D547nUmV92BDqHztl1lwcw'> Narges Mohammadi’s final sentence was communicated to her. She was previously sentenced to eight years and two months, 74 lashes, two years of exile, and other social restrictions. The sentence was issued by the revolutionary court of Tehran after she refused to request an appeal. She received a sentence in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38840'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RahmaniTaghi/status/1496151883140018177?s=20&t=D547nUmV92BDqHztl1lwcw'> He went on medical furlough. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38841'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RahmaniTaghi/status/1513827970577801220?s=20&t=lF9rMuIQqGg8HRFsKY20hg'> Narges Mohammadi and Aliyeh Motallebzadeh were transferred to Qarchak Prison to continue serving their sentences. Narges Mohammadi’s husband Taghi Rahmani wrote that the Information Ministry forces attacked her at a time when she was going to report to prison the next day. Also, in a letter posted on her Instagram, Ms. Mohammadi announced that despite the doctor’s order about regularly using her heart medicine, she has been denied of them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39083'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/65600'> In an interview with the Emtedad website, Mostafa Nili said although it has been eight days since Narges Mohammadi’s return to prison, she is still being denied her medicine. Mr. Nili emphasized that any delay in an interruption in taking the meds will render the treatment ineffective and could be harmful to Ms. Mohammadi’s health. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39016'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Ghazzallz/status/1517954430653579266?s=20&t=3hpz2a02o-U6czJOXEKPpQ'> Ghazal Abdollahi, daughter of Aliyeh Motallebzadeh tweeted that the Prisons Organization has informed them that Aliyeh Motallebzadeh will be denied leave for six months and Narges Mohammadi for three months. The two prisoners have also been summoned to court for a new case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39768'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/67014'> In recent days Narges Mohammadi and Aliyeh Motallebzadeh have been threatened with murder by violent crime prisoners in Qarchak Prison. In an interview with the Emtedad website, attorney at law Mostafa Nili said although the prison and judiciary authorities are aware of these threats, they have not received any responses so far. A prisoner convicted of murder has threatened to murder Narges Mohammadi and Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, saying: “I’ll kill you and become famous.” According to Mostafa Nili, these threats have endangered the physical and mental security of political prisoners in Qarchak prison; other political prisoners have also received similar threats. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39941'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cen1Fd2OjOT/'> Narges Mohammadi and Aliyeh Motallebzadeh warned that the “overflow of sewage in women’s ward of Qarchak prison is putting prisoners’ health in serious danger.” The two were quoted on Ms. Mohammadi’s Instagram page announcing that female prisoners in Qarchak Prison are denied basic elements such as clean water, air, and food. They called Qarchak Prison “the torture chamber of female prisoners”. The “toxic and polluted air” in Qarchak Prison has put the prisoners in danger of respiratory diseases. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40339'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35577/'> She was transferred to a hospital outside the prison due to shortness of breath and irregular heartbeat. HRANA reported that after prescribing heart and lung medication, the specialist wrote a letter to the prison warden about Ms. Mohammadi’s health condition. She was then returned to Qarchak Prison. The source said prison authorities have refused to give Ms. Mohammadi her medication. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40280'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-35577/'> HRANA reported that due to Ms. Mohammadi’s efforts, her medication was eventually delivered to the prison infirmary at 1:30 pm; but the prison intelligence security officials refused to deliver her lung medicine and claimed that it was lost. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40655'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cft7avCuMZ0/'> In an open letter to the UN Special Reporter on Human Rights in Iran Javaid Rehman, Ms. Mohammadi highlighted the ongoing mass arrests of teachers and workers' unions activists; she expressed concern about the deteriorating conditions of human rights in Iran and wrote: “I ask you to put heavy pressure on the Islamic Republic in order to prevent the oppression and annihilation of independent civil institutions of Iranian people.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41285'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CgB2_WHOP01/?hl=en'> In a letter in support of the “courageous struggle” of women against the mandatory hijab, Narges Mohammadi pointed out some of the “misogynistic” restrictions in Qarchak Prison. She wrote that in Qarchak prison fruit such as carrots, cucumbers, and bananas are among the forbidden items because the authorities believe their shapes are “excitable” to women. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40857'> <reference source='https://iranhr.net/fa/articles/5360/'> Female political prisoners in Qarchak Prison were transferred to the women’s ward of Evin Prison by the order of the chairman of the Prison’s Organization of Tehran Province. According to Iran Human Rights Organization, the warden of Qarchak Prison Soghra Khodadadi visited ward 8 of Qarchak Prison and asked the prisoners to get ready for a transfer very soon. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41049'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3A5jwUg'> Narges Mohammadi’s husband Taghi Rahmani tweeted that the prison authorities have refused to send Ms. Mohammadi to the hospital for heart and lung examination. In response, Ms. Mohammadi told Evin Warde: “When will you end your games with the lives of prisoners?” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41041'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36271/'> A group of political prisoners including Fatemeh Mosanna, Narges Mohammadi, Parastou Moeini, Sepideh Gholian, and Raheleh Ahmadi has shown similar coronavirus symptoms. According to HRANA, despite the spread of the virus in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, the infirmary officials only test the initial patients and due to similarity of symptoms, refused to test the rest of the prisoners. According to the report, safety protocols such as quarantine were not implemented, and the patients were denied suitable medical treatment. According to HRANA, after being denied a hospital visit for gastrointestinal bleeding earlier, Fatemeh Mosanna’s health has rapidly declined after showing COVID19 symptoms. The report also indicates that due to Ms. Mohammadi’s heart and lung disease, lack of access to her medication, and authorities denying her a hospital visit, her health could rapidly deteriorate. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41046'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg1M0hzKP5W/'> Many prisoners in the women’s ward of Evin prison contracted coronavirus. In a letter on her Instagram page, Ms. Mohammadi reported the unprecedented population of the ward and said many prisoners have been denied COVID tests and furlough despite showing signs of COVID-19. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41047'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg4Hd8Ku2S0/'> In a note on Instagram, Narges Mohammadi and Aliyeh Motallebzadeh emphasized that the women’s prison of Qarchak must be shut down. They listed inhumane conditions in Qarchak including bad air conditioning, polluted water that can’t be used for drinking or washing, lack of natural light and sewerage, and old infrastructure. They said the sudden transfer of female political prisoners silences them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41182'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/ChJsSHVqWIA/'> She released an emotional message as she returned to Evin Prison, saying in the past five years that she has been in Evin Prison she has memorized the names of 200 women. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41426'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/ChZO-2Hqnpt/?hl=en'> Aliyeh Motallebzadeh and Narges Mohammadi, both clients of Mr. Nili released a “testimonial” saying the security and judiciary officials are responsible for the sentences issued against their attorney, who had “reflected the reality” of Qarchak Prison in the media. They also explained that after they were threatened with beating and death by a “murder suspect” in prison, their attorney reported the incident and demanded intervention. According to the two, after receiving no responses from the officials, Mr. Nili did an interview with domestic media which led to the case that the public prosecutor brought against him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41441'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-911/'> 16 female political prisoners in Evin Prison released an open letter about the spread of coronavirus in the women’s ward and warned about the high population density in the ward. The signatories are Hasti Amiri, Narges Adibi, Fariba Asadi, Leila Gholikhani, Ganjeh, Sepideh Gholian, Zohreh Sarv, Maliheh Jafari, Nasrin Javadi, Gelareh Abbasi, Saba Kurd Afshari, Zeinab Hamrang, Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, Shakila Monfared, Asal Mohammadi, Farangis Mazloum, and Narges Mohammadi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41528'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/ChrMpexuzjL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> Narges Mohammadi released a statement on her Instagram reporting that four political prisoners in the women’s ward of Evin Prison have suffered heart attacks and have been transferred to a hospital in the past month. Ms. Mohammadi names Fariba Asadi, Zahra Safaei, and Farangis Mazloum. She asked for a specialist team to be sent to the women’s ward to investigate the cause of these incidents. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41614'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MostafaNili58/status/1564628624560558080?s=20&t=8KEo8QFUZDIMpat99kibpg'> In a series of tweets, Narges Mohammadi’s attorney Mostafa Nili reported that Ms. Mohammadi has been summoned to Evin court to be arraigned in another case. He said Ms. Mohammadi refused to sign the transcript and to answer any question in the absence of her attorney because she had not been notified in advance in accordance with the law and she was kept in solitary without access to her attorney until the sentence was issued. Mr. Nili said since Ms. Mohammadi has filed an official complaint against the second branch of investigation, the second branch is not qualified to investigate the new case and it must be referred to another branch. Mr. Nili went on to say that he was given the opportunity to represent Ms. Mohammadi from November last year until July this year, and even after officially representing her, he has not been given access to study the case. According to Mr. Nili, the magistrate at the first branch had told him that they will set a date and they will notify him, but since then he has not been able to gain access to the branch. Mr. Nili also said he has not been notified about Narges Mohammadi’s sentences. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='41724'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32012596.html'> Narges Mohammadi’s husband Taghi Rahmani told Radio Farda that the new case brought against Ms. Mohammadi is in relation to a statement in which she condemned Russia’s military attack on Ukraine and asked people not to stay silent about the violation of human rights in Iran. According to Mr. Rahmani, the prosecutor has claimed that Ms. Mohammadi has incited people to riot in her statement. He also said that Narges Mohammadi has been denied phone calls with her children since her arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42152'> <reference source='https://cutt.ly/pVcWj3Y'> Narges Mohammadi's attorney Mostafa Nili tweeted that his client has refused to go to court. Mr. Nili tweeted: > This morning the Evin Prison authorities informed Ms. Mohammadi that they must transfer her to the 26th branch of the revolutionary court. But due to the last notification and lack of access to an attorney, she refused to go to court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42360'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CjPZedXq_hN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> 12 female political prisoners released a statement announcing their sit-in at Evin Prison in support of the national uprising in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini. The statement was posted on Ms. Mohammadi's Instagram. Narges Mohammadi, Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, Hasti Amiri, Zhola Makvandi, Sepideh Kashani, Sepideh Gholian, Maliheh Jafari, Elnaz Eslami, Mahnaz Tarrah, Nazanin Mohammadnejad, Raha Asgarizadeh, and Gelareh Abbasi are the signatories of the statement. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42890'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-37369/?tg_rhash=22a41dd9689763'> The Prisons' Organization of Tehran province brought a lawsuit against 14 female prisoners in Evin Prison. According to HRANA, Fariba Asadi, Shakila Monfared, Saba Kurd Afshari, Forough Taghipour, Parastou Moeini, Raheleh Ahmadi, Zahra Safaei, Aliyeh Motallebzadeh, Narges Mohammadi, Marzieh Farsi, Fereshteh Sadant Mohammadi, Azam (Nasrin) Khezri Javadi, Narges Adibi, and Asrin Darkaleh are facing a new case because they refused to wear handcuffs and shackles while being transferred to court. According to the report, the Prisons' Organization of Tehran has claimed that the prisoners organized a sit-in after the officials denied their request to not wear handcuffs and shackles. The charges brought against these female prisoners are "disrupting public order, assembly and conspiracy against the state, insulting the officials, and disobeying the orders of prison guards. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42607'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MostafaNili58/status/1579137157586817024?s=20&t=ONioxxba1Tg-goeoaF6UsQ'> The 26th branch of the revolutionary court of Tehran presided by Judge Iman Afshari sentenced her to 15 months in prison for propaganda against the state. Her Attorney Mostafa Nili announced on Twitter that she has also been sentenced to monthly report to the police special forces every month for two years, ban from membership in political parties and groups for two years, and picking up garbage in abandoned areas of a city in coordination with the municipality four hours a day for three months. He added that Ms. Mohammadi did not attend the court session and the sentence was issued in her absence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44888'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cln67CVO2_S/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y='> In a letter addressed to the European Parliament from Evin Prison, Narges Mohammadi called the Islamic Republic system "religious tyranny and misogyny" and called for maximum pressure on the Iranian government. In her letter, she accused some countries of the world of always pursuing their economic interests by ignoring the wishes of the Iranian people and of treating the issue of human rights as "a trivial matter" in the face of the Islamic Republic. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44491'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CmBlUV4K7B4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> On International Human Rights Day, the Municipality of Lyon awarded Narges Mohammadi with an honorary citizenship plaque in recognition of her activities in opposing execution and expanding the development of human rights. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46773'> <reference source='https://rsf.org/en/rsf-press-freedom-awards-2022-ceremony-presence-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-dmitry-muratov'> Reporters Without Borders (RSF) declared Narges Mohammadi as one of the winners of this year's Press Freedom Award. This institution honored Ms. Mohammadi with the Courage Award for her tireless fight for press freedom and human rights. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46447'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnlxaw7Kyhk/'> She published a report on the latest situation of 58 women imprisoned in Evin prison, explaining the alarming conditions of these prisoners, and the widespread violation of human rights in Evin prison. In this report, which was published on Narges Mohammadi's Instagram page, the number of convictions, the number of days spent in solitary confinement, the deprivation of medical services, security pressures, and the conditions of detention of 58 of the 61 female prisoners in the women's ward of Evin prison are described. Ms. Mohammadi wrote: > 57 out of 58 female prisoners have experienced this horrific inhumane torture. Most of them suffer from complications and diseases caused by confinement in solitary cells. Especially those who have been locked up in solitary confinement for long periods of time. In this report, the total duration of imprisonment in the solitary cells of the Ministry of Intelligence and Revolutionary Guards by these 57 female prisoners is more than 8,350 days. Narges Mohammadi has written about the endurance of solitary confinement in the case of ten of these prisoners: Maryam Haj Hosseini was confined in a safe house for 412 days, completely isolated and alone. Fariba Adelkhah spent four months out of the nine months of her imprisonment in Ward 2-A of the IRGC in solitary confinement. Mahvash Shahriari and Fariba Kamalabadi spent eight months out of 36 months of imprisonment in Ward 209 of the Ministry of Intelligence in solitary cells and in harsh conditions. Nilufar Bayani has spent 9 months out of 24 months of her imprisonment in Ward 2-A of the IRGC in solitary confinement. Sepideh Kashani has spent eight months out of 24 months of imprisonment in Ward 2-A of the IRGC in solitary confinement. Nahid Tagavi has been in solitary confinement for 200 days out of 220 days of imprisonment in Ward 2-A of the IRGC. Zahra Zahtabchi has spent the entire 14 months of her imprisonment in Ward 209 of Evin Prison in solitary confinement. Zahra Safaei has spent 8 months out of 9 months of imprisonment in multiple security cells in solitary confinement and in difficult conditions, and Maryam Mohammadi has spent all 23 months of detention in security cells in different periods, in solitary confinement and in inhumane and excruciating conditions. In Narges Mohammadi's report about these 10 women, it is stated that they have suffered 196 months of imprisonment in the security wards of the IRGC and the Ministry of Intelligence for their numerous cases, of which 102 months were in solitary confinement and in inhumane conditions. Out of the 58 women imprisoned in Evin prison that Narges Mohammadi mentioned in her report, 36 are suffering from various diseases, some of which are serious and dangerous, and due to the lack of access to adequate and effective medical treatment, their health condition is deteriorating. Ms. Mohammadi also mentioned that she herself spent 5 months in solitary confinement and was deprived of medical services. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46770'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn9Byo2qUtE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> In a letter from Evin prison published on Mrs. Mohammadi's official Instagram account, Narges Mohammadi and Aaliyeh Motalebzadeh, supported their lawyer, Mustafa Nili, and asked the international judicial institutions to make efforts for his release and all the human rights lawyers imprisoned in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48788'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CoCH7KrKwDi/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=f259b7aa-e590-4a6c-9753-104d923b70bc'> Hasti Amiri, Noushin Jafari, Raha Askarizadeh, Sepideh Qolian, Narges Mohammadi, Alieh Motalebzadeh, and Bahareh Hedayat; Seven female political prisoners imprisoned in Evin prison published a letter expressing their disgust with the death sentence and any kind of mental and emotional torture such as the threat of execution, and have asked the people to keep fighting to stop the death sentence of the protestors. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46772'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CoH9WJNq0Wj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> She received the 2023 award from the "Olaf Palme" Foundation as one of the "main figures of the struggle for women's rights and freedom of expression in Iran". In her message, Narges Mohammadi criticized the Islamic Republic by referring to cases such as massive suppression of the opposition and independent civil institutions, violation of freedom of speech, making the ballot boxes and people's votes meaningless, abusing the legislative system, and applying gender, ethnic, and religious discrimination. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48053'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Pourinouri91/status/1629526850740400133'> 12 civil rights activists and political prisoners released a joint statement demanding the immediate release of Kasra Nouri. The signatories point out that he must be released in accordance with the general pardon issued by the judiciary, but he hasn't. The signatories also demanded the release of other political prisoners in the same situation, such as Zahra Zehtabchi, Saeed Eghbali, and Younes Alsorkhi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48721'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CpR-MAGqzBf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> As the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Amir Abdollahian denied the existence of sexual abuse and rape against women in prisons, Narges Mohammadi announced in a letter that she is ready to testify about such incidents. In this message, which was published on her official Instagram page, Narges Mohammadi emphasized that "the falsehood of Amir Abdollahian's claims is obvious, and there is no need to provide evidence and provide documentation." In this letter, she added: > I am willing to testify as a cellmate and witness in both cases of physical sexual assault and physical torture." According to Mrs. Mohammadi, "Over the past few months, detainees have been brought to the women's ward of Evin Prison, who have been subjected to physical sexual assault and physical torture, and we have witnessed the marks left on their bodies. She also added that the last case was Mahvash Shahriari, a Baha'i prisoner in Evin prison who was arrested without any reason or legal document and was subjected to imprisonment, mental torture, and even physical torture for five months in solitary cells of ward 209 and suffered serious injuries. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48914'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgQRLzqiLM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> In a message published on her official Instagram page on the occasion of Women's Day, Narges Mohammadi spoke about "the will and belief of the people to end the life of the Islamic Republic. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49787'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CqSsy_dKRfR/'> In a message from prison that was published on her Instagram account, Narges Mohammadi called the amnesty order of the leader of the Islamic Republic a show to deceive the Western governments and asked the international community to help the people of Iran overthrow the Islamic Republic. Mrs. Mohammadi also mentioned some cases to prove that the amnesty was a show: > At the moment of release from prison with the leader's amnesty, about six of my comrades removed their scarves and chanted the slogan of the woman of life, freedom, and death to the dictator. They have been summoned to the investigation branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office under the charge of conspiracy and collusion with the intention of disrupting national security, and now they are free on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50770'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CrkfPB6KQA1/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=53cd3780-a9af-4b8b-a606-af8bab90f461'> Following the filing of a new case, she was summoned to the second branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office, but Ms. Mohammadi refused to attend the investigation and the indictment. According to the report published on Narges Mohammadi's Instagram page, the next day, the head of the second branch, Mahmoud Hajimoradi, went to Woemen's Ward to explain the charges, but Narges Mohammadi refused again. The head of the prison office has informed Ms. Mohammadi that there are eight charges in her new case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50723'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Crdl_ZmqUgW/'> Narges Mohammadi's Instagram page published a report entitled "Not just lack of justice and independence, but not even an iota of humanity exists in the judicial branch", in which it describes the psychological pressure on Sameen Ehsani and her five-year-old daughter due to the imprisonment of this Baha'i citizen and the abolition of visitation for mothers and children in prison. The report of Narges Mohammadi is recorded verbatim here: > The 36-year-old Sameen Ehsani's face-to-face visits with her five-year-old daughter are the most painful days of visitation in the women's prison. > Nina's separation from her mother is accompanied by sobbing and impatience, sometimes by hooking her small hands around her mother's neck and sometimes by grabbing the handles and doors of the prison. Every time Nina is separated, it seems as if she is doing her best so that people may have mercy and allow her to stay in her mother's arms for more than her monthly ration. I think to myself, is it possible for a person to witness such a moment and make it continue and then go see their own child? Every day, as soon as her mother's phone time is over, Nina starts using sweet language so that her mother might hold the phone in her hand longer. I have often seen that the moment the mother and the little girl say goodbye, my friends shed tears. What is Sameen's accusation? She is a Baha'i and worked in a group of human rights activists. She was arrested in 2011 and after serving 25 days in solitary confinement she was sentenced to five years in prison. After 11 years and after she gave birth to a child, she was brought to prison in 2022 to serve her sentence. Her sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court, but she is still in prison. Samin has worked in the field of child labor, child marriage, and obtaining pardon from the plaintiffs for minors sentenced to death, and now she is witnessing that her oppressed and homeless child is paying the price for her mother's efforts for the children of her country, the most damaged, oppressed and homeless children of this land. The judicial branch does not have the slightest independence, what is more painful is that it does not have an iota of humanity. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50822'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/g4ovy'> Narges Mohammadi, Niloufar Hamedi, and Elaheh Mohammadi won the 2023 UNESCO World Press Freedom Award, "Guillermo Cano". Iranwire wrote that these three Iranian political prisoners have won this award at the suggestion of an international jury. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51836'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/narges-mohammadi-pen-us-award/7100004.html'> The "Freedom of Writing" award of the American Pen Association was awarded to Narges Mohammadi. This award is given to writers who have been prosecuted for their activities. Suzanne Nossel, CEO of the American Pen Association, told Voice of America on the sidelines of the NGO's annual event: > Narges Mohammadi is a wonderful example of Iranian perseverance and courage. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51838'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CsskTl2Kcqx/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=2e97bdec-cad7-4960-8b23-3bfb1260d8c0'> Narges Mohammadi and Golrokh Iraee lost their visitation privileges. Narges Mohammadi's Instagram page published this post and wrote that they have been banned from visitation since May 6, 2023, for sending their joint statement to the virtual conference named "To Save Iran". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52942'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cu_j-2WqvX1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D'> As the pressure of the Islamic Guidance Patrol intensified in order to "implement the mandatory hijab laws", Narges Mohammadi reacted to this decision of the government in an open letter. She wrote that covering women's hair in order to "preserve the power of tyranny" and "satisfy the government men's lust for tyrannical power", and now the world is witnessing that the "power of refusal" of women has broken the "power of tyranny" of the religious government. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52956'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/narges-mohammadi-imprisoned-civil-activist-iran-students-protests/32481919.html'> Narges Mohammadi, in a message sent to Radio Farda by her husband Taqi Rahmani, demanded to stop the "brutal violence against the university". According to Ms. Mohammadi, the Islamic Republic is "stuck in secret, discredited and shaky negotiations with Western governments", but the protests of students and people throughout Iran are "a powerful and resonating echo of the word no to religious authoritarian rule". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52645'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cugjz8TqFfr/?img_index=1'> According to the news published on Mrs. Mohammadi's Instagram page, she was summoned to the second branch of the Evin Prosecutor's Office. In the past six months, she has been summoned to the prosecutor's office five times and refused to appear in the investigation branch in all cases. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56636'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CvIHLmrKFB2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> In response to the appointment of the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the head of the UN Human Rights Council's Social Forum, she published the text of the interview with "Radio France" on her Instagram page and wrote: > I believe that the appointment of the Islamic Republic for the chair of the Social Forum is a fundamental contradiction, disappointing, and confusing. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56744'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgZSzHO2bzA'> Taghi Rahmani, Narges Mohammadi's husband, said in a conversation with the Voice of America that Narges Mohammadi is currently facing five cases in two courts, one of which sentenced her to one year in prison, and because Mrs. Mohammadi does not attend any trial, the verdict will be confirmed. Mr. Rahmani also stated that other cases were explained to Mrs. Mohammadi. In this regard, Mr. Rahmani said that these cases were due to "writing the text for the Iran conference that was held online, holding a memorial for the victims in prison, giving a statement about stopping the execution with other women." He also announced: > Most of the cases are related to the activities and positions of Nargesabout the events in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56639'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CvhBHRSKwsZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Narges Mohammadi to another year in prison in a new case. Announcing this news, Narges Mohammadi's Instagram account wrote that with this new sentence, her total sentence has increased to 10 years and 9 months in prison and 154 lashes. According to this Instagram account, in this case, Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced for propaganda against the regime for publishing a statement from inside the prison. In this statement, Mrs. Mohammadi protested against the "harassment and abuse of women" in detention centers and places of detention. She also wrote a letter in this regard to Javaid Rahman, the UN human rights reporter, and published an article on BBC World. According to Narges Mohammadi's Instagram account, which is managed by her relatives, this case is one of the five cases brought against her in the Evin Security Prosecutor's Office, which was heard in Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Mazloum, and Ms. Mohammadi announced that she does not recognize this fraudulent show trials and refused to participate in them. This preliminary decision was delivered to her in the women's ward of Evin prison, and Mrs. Mohammadi did not sign it. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56647'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CwCb7pxuJ8K/?utm_source=ig_embed'> Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist imprisoned in Evin prison, reported the "increase in physical harassment and beatings of imprisoned women during the last three months". In this letter from Ms. Mohammadi, which was published on her Instagram page, she described her observations of the increase in violence against women in the process of arrest and transfer to prisons. Referring to the approaching anniversary of Mahsa Amini's killing in September, Ms. Mohammadi wrote that in the past months, she witnessed women and girls with "bruised and damaged heads, faces, and bodies" entering the women's ward of Evin Prison. In this letter, she called "horrible and deadly physical violence by the government against protesting women" as "systematic" with the aim of "creating intimidation and terror" and warned about "irreparable disasters" if this process continues. In her letter, Mrs. Mohammadi asked international human rights organizations, women's and feminist organizations, journalists and writers, including the organization's special rapporteur on human rights, to "prevent the escalation and continuation of the government's deadly violence against women protesters in Iran." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56654'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3PR7ftT'> She was assaulted and insulted by one of the prison personnel. According to IranWire, when Ms. Mohammadi went to the hospital, she was called "insane" by one of the officers in front of a number of prison officials, and when she reacted to him, she was assaulted. According to this report, "Hadi Mohammadi", the deputy officer, "Rouhollah Tavassoli", deputy health officer, a person named "Mohammadi", the warden of the prison and his deputy, along with two female guards, witnessed the beating and insulting of Mrs. Mohammadi. IranWire also wrote: > After this, Narges Mohammadi was forcibly taken out of the infirmary by an ambulance and probably returned to the women's ward of Evin prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56751'> <reference source='https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2023/summary/'> She won the Nobel Peace Prize. At the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, after appearing behind the microphone, the secretary of the Nobel Academy began his speech in Persian by saying "woman, life, freedom" and then announced Narges Mohammadi as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56787'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/president-joe-biden-on-iranian-activist-narges-mohammadi-winning-the-nobel-peace-prize/32626607.html'> According to Radio Farda, US President Joe Biden announced in a statement that "together with the people of the whole world", he congratulates Narges Mohammadi for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her "unshakable courage". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56770'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CyGC0TcIj-o/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> 22 political prisoners in the same ward as Narges Mohammadi, in a letter from Evin prison, called her Nobel Peace Prize "honoring her years of activity for freedom and equality and being the voice of the Iranian society for justice." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56776'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/4aG8yni'> According to IranWire, ia joint statement. a number of political activists imprisoned in Iran congratulated Narges Mohammadi on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56783'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/MostafaNili58/status/1711702301218390309'> Mustafa Nili, Narges Mohammadi's lawyer, said that because his client did not agree to observe the mandatory hijab, the authorities prevented him from visiting her in Evin prison. Mr. Nili wrote in his X account: > Today I went to Evin prison to meet with Mrs. Narges Mohammadi. After waiting for a while in the meeting room, I was informed that because Mrs. Mohammadi did not agree to wear a scarf and observe the mandatory hijab, the prison officials would not allow her visitation. As a result, I left the prison without visiting her. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53768'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C0zY7o4Kea9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> Narges Mohammadi, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who is imprisoned in Evin prison, wrote in a message to the parents of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, referring to the fact that the two were banned from leaving Iran: > The fence of tyranny will make our voice more effective and powerful. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>