Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace laureate gets 3-week medical release

 

FILE – Iranian opposition rights activist Narges Mohammadi is seen at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, June 25, 2007. The Nobel Peace laureate has been temporarily released from prison on medical grounds, her lawyer said on Dec. 4, 2024.

Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi has been temporarily released from prison on medical grounds, her lawyer said Wednesday.

Mostafa Nili said on the social media platform X the release would last three weeks and was connected to an operation Mohammadi had last month to remove a benign tumor.

Mohammadi has been imprisoned since November 2021 in relation to her work against the wearing of mandatory hijab by women.

Rights groups appealed last month for Iranian authorities to grant her a medical furlough, expressing concerns that she was quickly returned to prison following the surgery.

Mohammadi has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison on charges of colluding against the state and engaging in propaganda against the government.

Some information for this report was provided by The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse.

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