Nargis Mohammadi, the imprisoned Nobel Prize winning women's rights activist and journalist in Iran, has been released on bail for 3 weeks. Nargis has been in jail since November 2021. She was arrested by the Iranian government for campaigning against the death penalty and the hijab.
Nargis was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for raising her voice for women's freedom and rights. Information about Nargis' release was posted on social media platform X by her lawyer Mustafa Neely.
The post said that on the advice of doctors, the government has suspended Nargis' sentence for 3 weeks. He was also released. Nargis' family and supporters have expressed their displeasure over her release after just 3 weeks. Nargis' family has demanded release for at least 3 months.
This picture is of Nargis' husband and journalist Taghi Rahmani, son Ali and daughter Kiana.
Nargis, 52, was sentenced to 31 years in prison 52-year-old Nargis was imprisoned in Iran's Ivan prison. He was sentenced to 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. In 2023, Nargis' family members came to Norway's capital Oslo to receive her Nobel Prize. After this, the Iranian government sentenced Nargis to an additional 15 months.
Nargis was born on April 21, 1972 in Zanjan, Kurdistan, Iran. He studied physics. After completing his studies he worked as an engineer. She was also a columnist. Used to write for many newspapers. Nargis had been raising her voice for women's rights since the 1990s.
In 2003 he started working at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran. According to the Nobel Prize website, Nargis Mohammadi was first jailed in 2011 for trying to help jailed activists and their families.
He got bail after 2 years. He was sent to jail again in 2015.
Nargis did not meet her children for 8 years In an interview given to the New York Times in June last year, Nargis said that she has not seen her children for 8 years. He last heard the voice of his twin daughters Ali and Kiana a year ago. Nargis' two daughters live in France with her husband Taghi Rahmani. In fact, Taghi is also a political activist. Who was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the government of Iran.
Nargis has also written a book called White Torture. Despite all the efforts of the Iranian regime, Mohammadi's voice could not be suppressed. While in prison, he began to note the plight of his fellow inmates. Eventually, he recorded the full details of his conversations with the prisoners in the book White Torture. He was also awarded the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Venture Award in 2022.
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