Nobel Laurette Narges Mohammadi Faces Extended Prison Term
Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian human rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, has been sentenced to an additional 15 months in prison. Mohammadi is already serving a 10-year sentence for her work defending the rights of political prisoners. Her new sentence comes after she boycotted a court hearing earlier this week.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been given an additional prison term by an Iranian court. The court accused her of spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic while she was already in prison. Mohammadi's family shared the news on Instagram. They stated that she was sentenced to "15 months in prison, two years of exile outside Tehran and neighboring provinces, a two-year travel ban, a two-year prohibition...