Radio Zamaneh

The Mashhad Revolutionary Court sentenced human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to 7 years and 6 months in prison, a 2-year ban on leaving Iran, and 2 years of exile in a remote part of the country.

On Sunday, February 10, lawyer Mostafa Nili announced on the social network X that after 59 days of detention, Mohammadi called from the Mashhad security detention center this morning and informed that she had been transferred to the first branch of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court yesterday to handle her latest case, and after the session ended, she was notified of the sentence.

Based on this verdict, the human rights activist was sentenced to 6 years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion” and to one and a half years in prison on the charge of “propaganda activity.” In addition, additional punishments, including a 2-year ban on leaving the country and 2 years of exile to Khosf County, in South Khorasan Province.

According to the lawyer, Mohammadi also announced that she was transferred to the hospital three days ago due to her deteriorating health, but was then returned to the detention center. Her phone call was abruptly cut off while she was trying to explain the details of her arrest and recent events.

Nili emphasized that, given the ruling, his client’s continued detention in the security detention center is against the law and she should be transferred to prison. Also, given the political prisoner’s illnesses, it is expected that the issuance of a bail order will allow her temporary release to pursue treatment.

Mohammadi has been on a hunger strike since February 1 in protest of her continued detention, detention conditions, and severe communication restrictions; an action that has raised concerns about her health.

According to the Narges Mohammadi Foundation, the human rights activist, who was violently arrested by security forces on December 11 during the seventh anniversary of Khosrow Alikordi, a lawyer and human rights defender, in Mashhad, was only able to make a brief call to her brother once, on December 13.

According to the foundation, Mohammadi's phone calls have since been conditioned on accepting "security regulations"; conditions that, in her and her relatives' view, limit freedom of expression and impose silence on the prisoner.

Her family, citing a history of heart disease, high blood pressure, and chronic spinal problems, had warned of the deterioration of her physical condition and emphasized that the deprivation of proper access to medical services could have irreparable consequences. They have considered these actions to be contrary to international human rights obligations.

There have also been reports of security pressures being exerted on those around Mohammadi to prevent the publication of news about her condition.

These developments are occurring while Sepideh Qoliyan and Javad Alikordi, two other detainees from the Khosrow Alikordi memorial ceremony, are still in detention.