Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been given a further 15-month jail sentence in Iran for allegedly spreading propaganda towards the Islamic Republic, her household confirmed on Monday.
Mohammadi’s household introduced on Instagram that the brand new sentence was issued on Dec. 19, revealing that Mohammadi had chosen to not attend the court docket periods.
In addition to the jail time, the decision additionally features a two-year ban on Mohammadi touring overseas and prohibits her from becoming a member of political and social teams or having a cell phone for a similar length.
The Iranian authorities’s resolution to additional punish Mohammadi comes after she was awarded the Nobel Prize in October, highlighting the regime’s hostility in the direction of her years of activism.
In November, Mohammadi went on a starvation strike to protest being denied medical care and the obligatory headscarves for girls in Iran, which have lengthy been an emblem of political and non secular significance.