1. Narges Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights activist.
16 Facts About Narges Mohammadi
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Narges Mohammadi is the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, headed by her fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi.
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Narges Mohammadi was born on 21 April 1972 in Zanjan, Iran to an Iranian Azerbaijani family and grew up in Karaj and the Kurdish cities of Qorveh and Oshnaviyeh.
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Narges Mohammadi attended Qazvin International University, receiving a degree in physics, and became a professional engineer.
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Narges Mohammadi was active in a mountain climbing group but was later banned from joining climbs due to her political activities.
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Narges Mohammadi went on to work as a journalist for several reformist newspapers and published a book of political essays titled The reforms, the Strategy and the Tactics.
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Rahmani moved to France in 2012 after serving 14 years of prison sentences, while Narges Mohammadi remained to continue her human rights work.
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Narges Mohammadi was first arrested in 1998 for her criticisms of the Iranian government and spent a year in prison.
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Narges Mohammadi was briefly released on a US$50,000 bail but re-arrested several days later and detained at Evin Prison.
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Narges Mohammadi's health declined while in custody, and she developed an epilepsy-like disease, causing her to periodically lose muscle control.
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On 5 May 2015, Narges Mohammadi was arrested on the basis of new charges.
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In March 2021, Narges Mohammadi penned the foreword to the Iran Human Rights Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran:.
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On 16 November 2021, Narges Mohammadi was arrested in Karaj, Alborz, while attending a memorial for Ebrahim Ketabdar, who was killed by Iranian security forces during nationwide protests in November 2019.
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Narges Mohammadi's arrest was condemned as arbitrary by Amnesty International and the International Federation for Human Rights.
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Narges Mohammadi has been an outspoken critic of solitary confinement, calling it "White Torture" in her 2022 book of the same name.
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In May 2024, Narges Mohammadi announced that she is facing fresh charges of offences against the state of Iran.