Narges Mohammadi
Human rights defender, Nobel Peace laureate
Imprisoned · intermittent medical furloughSINCE 2021
Iranian human rights defender and journalist, awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign against the oppression of women in Iran. She has spent years in and out of Evin Prison; her status has shifted between detention and temporary medical furlough.
Status as of 2026-05-22 · editorially maintained — verify against primary sources before citing.
Sources
From the wire · Iran
- Jun 17Iranian Regime's Execution Spree: 31 Prisoners Killed in Four Days— One Every Three Hours - National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI
- May 25Article: Abbas Akbari Feizabadi Hanged; Fifteenth January Protester Executed in 67 Days - Iran Human Rights
- May 18Iran: Politically Motivated Executions - Human Rights Watch
- Jun 09RSF radio frequency jammed in Iran, another attack on the right to inform
- Jun 22Iran has arrested more than 3,000 citizens for ‘collaborating with the enemy’ during war - New York Post