"Iranian security forces have violently arrested the 2023 Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi at a memorial ceremony, her supporters said. Mohammadi, who was granted temporary leave from prison in December 2024, was detained along with several other activists at the ceremony for Khosrow Alikordi, who was found dead in his office last week, her foundation wrote on X. Also on X, Mohammadi's Paris-based husband, Taghi Rahmani, said she had been arrested at the ceremony in the eastern city of Mashhad"
"There was no immediate comment from Iran over its detention of Mohammadi, 53. However, supporters had warned for months she was at risk of being put back into prison. Narges's foundation said her brother Mehdi Mohammadi was present at the event and confirmed her arrest. Prior to her release last December Mohammadi had been imprisoned since November 2021 for convictions in relation to her campaigning against capital punishment and the obligatory hijab in Iran. Weeks after the 2023 peace prize ceremony in Oslo, where Mohammadi's children collected the prize on her behalf, a revolutionary court in Iran sentenced her to an additional 15 months, accusing her of spreading propaganda against the state while in prison."
Narges Mohammadi was violently arrested by Iranian security forces at a memorial ceremony in Mashhad. She had been on temporary leave from prison since December 2024. Several other activists, including Sepideh Gholian, were detained at the ceremony for Khosrow Alikordi, who had been found dead in his office. There was no immediate comment from Iranian authorities on the detention. Mohammadi had been imprisoned since November 2021 for campaigning against capital punishment and the obligatory hijab. A revolutionary court later sentenced her to an additional 15 months, accusing her of spreading propaganda while in prison.
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