"Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to several more years in prison, her lawyer said on Sunday. News of the extended years of imprisonment comes after Mohammadi embarked on a hunger strike. On Monday, Mohammadi had to be taken to a medical facility due to her poor physical condition and was then returned to custody, the Narges Mohammadi Foundation said. It described the process that extended her time in prison as a "sham trial.""
"'She has been sentenced to six years in prison for 'gathering and collusion' and one and a half years for propaganda and two-year travel ban,' he wrote. Under Iranian law, jail sentences run concurrently 'Ms Mohammadi stated that she was hospitalized three days ago due to her poor physical condition and was subsequently returned to the detention center,' Nili said in quotes published by the Narges Mohammadi Foundation. 'Furthermore, as she began to explain the details of recent events and the manner of her arrest, the phone call was disconnected,' Nili was quoted as saying."
"Mohammadi has campaigned for human rights for decades and was arrested in December by security forces while attending the memorial service of Khosrow Alikordi, a human rights lawyer found dead under disputed circumstances. She has spent much of the past 20 years in Tehran's notorious Evin prison due to her advocacy in defiance of the Islamic Republic's regime. Iran has not commented yet on the latest deve"
Narges Mohammadi received additional criminal sentences totaling six years for 'gathering and collusion' and one and a half years for propaganda, along with a two-year travel ban. Under Iranian law the new jail terms run concurrently with prior sentences. Mohammadi embarked on a hunger strike and was hospitalized due to poor physical condition before being returned to custody. The Narges Mohammadi Foundation described the proceedings as a "sham trial" and said her cumulative sentences now exceed 44 years. Mohammadi was arrested in December at a memorial for human rights lawyer Khosrow Alikordi and has spent much of the past two decades in Evin prison. Iran has not commented on the latest developments.
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