Overview
- Mohammadi was seized on December 12 during the seventh‑day memorial for Khosrow Alikordi in Mashhad, where videos showed her unveiled, leading chants and standing atop a vehicle.
- Her foundation, her French lawyer Chirine Ardakani, and her husband Taghi Rahmani confirmed the detention, while state-linked reports cited arrests of unnamed political activists for sloganizing.
- At least eight others were detained alongside her, including activist Sepideh Gholian, according to her supporters and media reports.
- The European Union urged her immediate release on December 13, citing her fragile health, after family accounts said she was struck on the legs and grabbed by the hair during the arrest.
- Mohammadi, awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, had been on medical furlough since December 2024 after years of imprisonment, and rights groups have called Alikordi’s recent death suspicious and demanded an investigation.