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Iran Detains Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi at Memorial in Mashhad

The Nobel Committee condemned the "brutal" detention, urging Iran to disclose her whereabouts and release her immediately.

Overview

  • Supporters say security forces seized her during a seventh‑day ceremony for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, whose recent death has prompted calls for transparency.
  • The Narges Foundation reports at least eight other activists were detained, including Sepideh Gholian, with detainees taken to an undisclosed location.
  • Her brother says agents beat her and dragged her by the hair into a vehicle, while authorities have issued no statement on the arrests.
  • Video from HRANA shows Mohammadi without a headscarf addressing mourners and leading chants linked to the 2022 protest movement.
  • Mohammadi has been on extended medical furlough from cumulative sentences exceeding 30 years, and advocates warn renewed detention endangers her fragile health.