Politics

Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, has been given a new prison sentence of more than seven years, according to a group that supports her. Mohammadi, 53, has fought for women's rights for nearly thirty years and has been imprisoned multiple times. The Narges Foundation announced on Sunday that she recently completed a week-long hunger strike. During a phone call with her lawyer, Mostafa Nili, she informed him that she received her sentence on Saturday. The Iranian foreign ministry has not yet commented on this matter. Since late December, Tehran has intensified its crackdown on dissent amid nearly three weeks of anti-government protests. Mohammadi was arrested on December 12 after she spoke out against the suspicious death of lawyer Khosrow Alikordi. Prosecutor Hasan Hematifar stated that she made inflammatory statements at Alikordi’s memorial in Mashhad, urging attendees to shout "norm-breaking slogans" and disrupt public order. Currently, she is being held in a detention center in Mashhad. The foundation mentioned that after weeks of isolation and no communication, she was finally able to share her situation with her lawyer during a short phone call. Her sentence comprises six years for assembly-related charges.