The Iranian Narges Mohammadi, 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, incarcerated since November 2021, will be able to leave prison for three weeks on medical grounds, her defense announced Wednesday, December 4, in a publication on the social network
“According to the opinion of the forensic doctor, the Tehran prosecutor’s office suspended the execution of Narges Mohammadi’s sentence for three weeks”indicated her lawyer, Mostafa Nili, specifying that the activist “was released from prison”.
Narges Mohammadi, 52, has been repeatedly convicted and imprisoned for twenty-five years for her commitment to Iranian women, against the compulsory veil and against the death penalty. She spent much of the last decade in prison.
Removal of a tumor
“The reason for his release is his physical condition after the removal of a tumor and a bone graft, carried out 21 days ago”underlined his lawyer. “The removed tumor was benign, but Narges Mohammadi needs to be examined every three months”said his lawyer.
In June, the Iranian activist was sentenced to another year in prison for “propaganda against the state”. She had refused to attend the hearing of her trial after unsuccessfully requesting that it be open to the public.
In March, the activist broadcast an audio message from prison, in which she denounced a “full-scale war against women” in the Islamic Republic.
In Iran, women have been required to follow a strict dress code requiring them to hide their hair in public places since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
Narges Mohammadi received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, notably for his fight against the death penalty.
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