Present at the press conference, Narges Mohammadi's son, Ali Rahmani, said he was able to briefly speak to his mother, whom he has not seen for years. “It was very brief but very intense, she was able to tell me that she loves me,” said the young man, who has a twin sister. “The first thing she told me was that she left Evin prison without the obligatory veil and that she had only one word on her mouth: ‘Woman, life, freedom’” , he continued.
Against “gender apartheid” in Iran
“Secondly, and most importantly, it will continue to fight tirelessly against the Islamic Republic of Iran to have gender apartheid recognized as a universal crime throughout the world, and that she will also continue to fight against the death penalty,” he said.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, for its part, called for the “immediate and unconditional release” of Narges Mohammadi. “We reiterate our call for the immediate and unconditional release of Ms. Mohammadi, as well as all Iranians who are detained or imprisoned for legitimately exercising their freedom of expression and other human rights.” , reacted a spokesperson for the High Commission, Thameen Al-Kheetan.
Narges Mohammadi, 52, was granted a temporary suspension of her three-week prison sentence. The activist spent a large part of the last decade in prison, for her commitment against the compulsory wearing of the veil and against the death penalty. She was incarcerated at the high-security Evin prison in Tehran.
