"Iranian human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison, according to her lawyers and a group that supports her. Mohammadi, 53, was on a week-long hunger strike that ended on Sunday, the Narges Foundation said in a statement. It said Mohammadi told her lawyer, Mostafa Nili, in a phone call on Sunday from prison that she had received her sentence on Saturday."
"She has been sentenced to six years in prison for gathering and collusion to commit crimes, Nili told the AFP news agency. She was also handed a one-and-a-half-year prison sentence for propaganda activities and is to be exiled for two years to the city of Khosf in the eastern province of South Khorasan, the lawyer added. She also received a two-year ban on leaving the country, according to the report."
"Mohammadi had on February 2 begun a hunger strike to protest the conditions of her imprisonment and the inability to make phone calls to lawyers and family. Narges Mohammadi ended her hunger strike today on its 6th day, while reports indicate her physical condition is deeply alarming, the foundation said. Mohammadi told Nili she was transferred to the hospital just three days ago due to her deteriorating health, it added."
Narges Mohammadi, 53, a 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Iranian human rights activist, received a sentence totaling more than seven years in prison. The penalties include six years for gathering and collusion, one-and-a-half years for propaganda, a two-year exile to Khosf in South Khorasan and a two-year ban on leaving the country. Mohammadi began a hunger strike on February 2 to protest detention conditions and restricted lawyer and family communication; she ended the strike after six days due to alarming health. She was hospitalized, returned to a Ministry of Intelligence detention centre before completing treatment, and her lawyer said the verdict can be appealed.
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