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Iranwire – The family of Iranian human rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says she has been handed an additional 15-month prison sentence on charges of spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic while behind bars.
Mohammadi was sentenced by the Tehran Revolutionary Court after a trial that she boycotted, the family said in a statement on Instagram on January 15.
The activist was also ordered to spend two years in exile outside the capital, Tehran, given a two-year travel ban, and barred from using a smartphone for two years. The restrictions would come into force after she is eventually freed.
The family said the verdict emphasized accusations that “she repeatedly incites and encourages public and individual opinions against the Islamic regime to sow chaos and disturbances.”
This was her fifth conviction since March 2021, with sentences now amounting to 12 years and three months in prison, 154 lashes, two years of exile, and various social and political restrictions, according to the family’s statement.
Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize in October for keeping up her fight against the “oppression of women” in her country despite spending years behind bars. Her children accepted the prize in Oslo on her behalf in December.
While behind the bars of Tehran’s Evin prison, she has continued accusing the authorities of systematic rights violations and remained a vocal opponent of mandatory hijab.
