Iran extends Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammadi's prison sentence

Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, imprisoned in Iran, has been handed down a new sentence for propaganda against the regime.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, imprisoned in Iran, has been sentenced again. According to her relatives, she will have to remain in prison for another 15 months. The accusation was “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic.

Mohammadi is currently serving a 30-month sentence in Tehran over allegedly spreading propaganda against the ruling system, disobedience in prison and defamation of authorities.

According to the new sentence, Mohammadi was ordered to spend two years in exile outside Tehran, which means she will have to be moved from the notorious Evin prison where she is currently held.

The Iranian activist was also given a two-year travel ban, as well as a two-year ban on using a smartphone. Both will come into force once she's eventually freed.

Mohammadi, one of the best-known human rights activists in Iran, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023. According to the Nobel Committee in the Norwegian capital Oslo, she received the prize "for her fight against the oppression of the women of Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."

The 51-year-old, in November last year, went on a hunger strike after she and several other inmates were denied access to health care. She also said that it was in protest against the country's mandatory headscarves for women.

Her children accepted the Nobel Peace Prize at Oslo's city hall in October on her behalf in her absence.