05.12.2024 - The Hindu

Nobel Peace Prize announced

Authorities released on medical grounds

Iranian authorities freed Nobel peace prize Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds

Committee urges permanent released

The Nobel committee urging a permanent release.

18 year old son spoke for the first time in 2 years

Her 18-year-old son said he had been able to speak by phone to his mother for the first time in two years

Nobel Committee's recognition

In 2023 while she was still imprisoned, the Nobel Committee awarded her the Peace Prize, saying it was a recognition of “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.”

December 2025

Iran arrests Narges again

She was last arrested and was released on furlough from prison last year after receiving a surgery.

Attending a funeral ceremony

She was arrested on friday in a raid at a memorial at the mosque in the country's east city of Mashhad, where the memorial service for the human rights lawyer Khosrow Ali Kordi, was held.

Sentence to 10 years in prison

Ms. Mohammadi, 53, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of threatening national security for her decades of work promoting human rights, women’s rights and democracy in Iran.

Nobel Committee expresses concern

The Nobel Committee said in a statement on Friday that it was “deeply concerned” by the arrests, and called on “the Iranian authorities to immediately clarify Mohammadi’s whereabouts, ensure her safety and integrity, and to release her without conditions.”

NYT