A courtroom in Iran has given an extra 15-month jail sentence to Nobel laureate and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, as reported in a Monday Instagram publish from the activist’s household. The extra jail time was imposed on Mohammadi for allegedly “spreading propaganda” towards the Islamic Republic. The courtroom primarily based its determination on Mohammadi’s refusal to take part in interrogations and trial periods.
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This trial happened in Mohammadi’s absence on December 19, 2023 at Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. The trial was initiated following a grievance from the Ministry of Intelligence, and the decision was promptly issued throughout that session in her absence.
The Islamic Revolutionary Court’s verdict consists of fifteen months in jail, two years of exile exterior Tehran and its neighboring provinces, a two-year journey ban, a two-year ban on membership in socio-political teams, and a two-year ban on utilizing a smartphone, as reported by Mohammadi’s household.
The extra fees come after Mohammadi’s receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in October final yr. She is the nineteenth girl and the second Iranian girl, after human rights activist Shirin Ebadi in 2003, to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mohammadi, the present director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), has been dealing with jail sentences since 1998 over a number of convictions. She has been imprisoned 13 occasions for a complete of 31 years and has been convicted 5 occasions. She is at the moment imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin jail. Her most up-to-date conviction resulted from her involvement within the protests following the dying of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl who died in police custody after being detained by Iranian police for carrying an “improper” hijab.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Iran remained the worst “jailer of journalists,” in keeping with its jail census report in 2022.