Narges Mohammadi

On 8th February 2026, Iranian activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to a new prison term of seven and a half years.

Mohammadi, a long-time campaigner for women’s rights and against the death penalty, has been repeatedly imprisoned during her three-decade activism.
The sentence includes six years for “assembly and collusion against national security” and one and a half years for “propaganda against the government.”
Additional penalties include two years of internal exile in Khusf and a two-year travel ban.
She was arrested on 12 December 2025 after criticising the suspicious death of lawyer Khosrow Alikordi and allegedly encouraging anti-government slogans at a memorial event in Mashhad.