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Iran Detains Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi at Memorial for Rights Lawyer

Officials describe a temporary detention over slogans at the memorial.

Overview

  • Her foundation and supporters say security forces violently detained her during a ceremony honoring Khosrow Alikordi, a human-rights lawyer recently found dead in his office.
  • Rights groups report that multiple activists were also arrested, and images circulated by HRANA show Mohammadi without a hijab addressing the crowd and urging chants.
  • The Mashhad provincial governor said the prosecutor ordered a temporary detention because slogans at the event ran against local norms.
  • Accounts differ on the location of the detention, with reports placing it in Mashhad or Tehran, and there is no confirmed information on her current whereabouts or legal status.
  • Mohammadi had been out on medical leave since December 2024 and remains subject to long cumulative sentences and travel bans that could result in a return to prison.