No news on whereabouts or health of Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
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Mr Taghi Ramahi, husband of Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, poses with an undated photo of himself and his wife.
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PARIS – The brother and lawyer of Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said on Dec 16 they have no information on her whereabouts or health, four days after her arrest.
She was arrested on Dec 12
“We have very little information about her health and we are very worried about how she’s being held, where she’s being held and how she’s treated,” Mr Hamid Mohammadi told reporters.
He spoke after another brother in Iran, who cannot be named for security reasons, briefly spoke to her on the night of Dec 15.
Mashhad prosecutor Hasan Hematifar said on Dec 13 that Ms Mohammadi and Mr Alikordi’s brother made provocative remarks at the memorial, encouraging “norm-breaking slogans” and “disturbing the peace”.
Colluding against the republic
Mr Hamid Mohammadi said his sister confirmed she had been beaten
She was struck on the head, face and neck by security forces and arrested along with at least 39 others at the memorial, Mr Hamid Mohammadi said.
He added that his elder brother had asked for an independent medical assessment, which the authorities had refused.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry was not immediately available for comment.
Ms Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize while in prison in 2023, following her three-decade campaign for women’s rights and the abolition of the death penalty in Iran.
She has previously served multiple sentences on charges including spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic.
Late in 2024, she was released from Tehran’s Evin prison after the suspension of her jail term to undergo medical treatment.
Her French lawyer, Ms Chirinne Ardakani, said the authorities will likely reactivate suspended sentences and bring her before a judge soon. “They have committed no crime except for exercising freedom of expression,” Ms Ardakani said.
She said she would present the case to the International Criminal Court as evidence of Iran’s crackdown on activists. REUTERS
