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Iran's Narges Mohammadi Speaks To Nobel Panel For First Time. What She Said
Mohammadi recalled how the women's ward at Evin prison "erupted with chants" of the protest slogan "Woman Life Freedom" when they heard she had been awarded the prize.
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Iran Frees Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi For 3 Weeks On Medical Grounds
Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as "too little too late" with the Nobel committee urging a permanent release.
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Daughter Of Ex Iran President Released After 2 Years In Jail: Report
The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was released on Wednesday after two years behind bars in Tehran's Evin prison, media outlets in the Islamic republic reported.
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Iranian Nobel Prize Winner Hurt In Prison Clashes With Guards: Family
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi and other female inmates were hurt in clashes that erupted at Tehran's Evin prison following a spate of executions, her family said, raising new concerns for her health.
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Iran Slaps 1-Year Prison Term On Nobel Prize Laureate For "Propaganda"
An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for "propaganda against the state", the jailed activist's lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Sweden, Iran Exchange Prisoners In Breakthrough Deal
Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday, officials said, with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a mass execution in the 1980s while Iran released two Swedes being held there.
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Executed Iranian Protester's Father Sentenced To Six Years In Prison
Iranian authorities have jailed a father who campaigned unsuccessfully for clemency for his 22-year-old son after he was sentenced to death in connection with 2022 protests, his lawyer said Saturday.
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Iranian Pop Star Who Sang Popular Protest Anthem Gets 3 Years In Jail
An Iranian pop singer whose song became an anthem during mass protests more than a year ago has been sentenced to at least three years in prison, he said Friday.
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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner To Face Additional 1 Year Jail Term
An Iranian court has sentenced 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to an additional sentence of over one year in prison on charges of spreading propaganda against the Islamic republic while behind bars, her family said on Monday.
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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Set To Face New Trial, Says Family
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi this week faces a new trial and risks being transferred out of Tehran to a new prison to serve an eventual sentence, her family said on Monday.
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"Believe In Victory": Jailed Iranian's Children Before Receiving Her Nobel
The Nobel Peace Prize will be handed out in Oslo on Sunday but with the notable absence of winner Narges Mohammadi, currently in prison, who will be represented by her children.
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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Price Winner Narges Mohammadi Ends Hunger Strike
The family of imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi says she has ended a hunger strike after she received medical treatment without wearing the obligatory head covering.
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Anti-Hijab Protests 'Changed Iran's Society, Prisons', Says Freed Academic
The protest movement that erupted in Iran last year has transformed the country both outside and also inside prison, a French-Iranian academic, who returned to Paris last month after being held in the country since 2019, told AFP.
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Iran Sentences 2 Women Journalists Who Covered Mahsa Amini's Death: Report
An Iranian Revolutionary Court has handed out long prison sentences to two women journalists over their coverage of the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini last year, state media reported on Sunday.
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"Must Fight Until Freedom, Equality Is Achieved": Narges Mohammadi
Rights campaigner and 2023 Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi said in a September interview with AFP that she retained hope for change in Iran, despite having no prospect of release from prison and enduring the pain of separation from her family.
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Iran's Narges Mohammadi Speaks To Nobel Panel For First Time. What She Said
Mohammadi recalled how the women's ward at Evin prison "erupted with chants" of the protest slogan "Woman Life Freedom" when they heard she had been awarded the prize.
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Iran Frees Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi For 3 Weeks On Medical Grounds
Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as "too little too late" with the Nobel committee urging a permanent release.
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Daughter Of Ex Iran President Released After 2 Years In Jail: Report
The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was released on Wednesday after two years behind bars in Tehran's Evin prison, media outlets in the Islamic republic reported.
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Iranian Nobel Prize Winner Hurt In Prison Clashes With Guards: Family
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi and other female inmates were hurt in clashes that erupted at Tehran's Evin prison following a spate of executions, her family said, raising new concerns for her health.
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Iran Slaps 1-Year Prison Term On Nobel Prize Laureate For "Propaganda"
An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for "propaganda against the state", the jailed activist's lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Sweden, Iran Exchange Prisoners In Breakthrough Deal
Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday, officials said, with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a mass execution in the 1980s while Iran released two Swedes being held there.
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Executed Iranian Protester's Father Sentenced To Six Years In Prison
Iranian authorities have jailed a father who campaigned unsuccessfully for clemency for his 22-year-old son after he was sentenced to death in connection with 2022 protests, his lawyer said Saturday.
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Iranian Pop Star Who Sang Popular Protest Anthem Gets 3 Years In Jail
An Iranian pop singer whose song became an anthem during mass protests more than a year ago has been sentenced to at least three years in prison, he said Friday.
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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner To Face Additional 1 Year Jail Term
An Iranian court has sentenced 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to an additional sentence of over one year in prison on charges of spreading propaganda against the Islamic republic while behind bars, her family said on Monday.
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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Set To Face New Trial, Says Family
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi this week faces a new trial and risks being transferred out of Tehran to a new prison to serve an eventual sentence, her family said on Monday.
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"Believe In Victory": Jailed Iranian's Children Before Receiving Her Nobel
The Nobel Peace Prize will be handed out in Oslo on Sunday but with the notable absence of winner Narges Mohammadi, currently in prison, who will be represented by her children.
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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Price Winner Narges Mohammadi Ends Hunger Strike
The family of imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi says she has ended a hunger strike after she received medical treatment without wearing the obligatory head covering.
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Anti-Hijab Protests 'Changed Iran's Society, Prisons', Says Freed Academic
The protest movement that erupted in Iran last year has transformed the country both outside and also inside prison, a French-Iranian academic, who returned to Paris last month after being held in the country since 2019, told AFP.
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Iran Sentences 2 Women Journalists Who Covered Mahsa Amini's Death: Report
An Iranian Revolutionary Court has handed out long prison sentences to two women journalists over their coverage of the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini last year, state media reported on Sunday.
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"Must Fight Until Freedom, Equality Is Achieved": Narges Mohammadi
Rights campaigner and 2023 Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi said in a September interview with AFP that she retained hope for change in Iran, despite having no prospect of release from prison and enduring the pain of separation from her family.
