"Mohammadi, who won the peace prize in 2023 in recognition for more than two decades of campaigning, was arrested on 12 December in the eastern city of Mashhad after speaking out against Iran's clerical authorities at a funeral ceremony. She spent time on hunger strike earlier this month and had been hospitalised before being returned to prison. The Norwegian Nobel committee said this week it was deeply appalled by reports detailing physical abuse and ongoing life-threatening mistreatment of Mohammadi during her arrest and in detention."
"After her arrest, Mohammadi had been held in Mashhad at the detention facility of the intelligence ministry, But she has now been transferred to a prison in the city of Zanjan in the north of the country, said her husband, Taghi Rahmani, who is based in Paris. This action was carried out without informing her family or her lawyer, he said on X, adding it was intended to exile and displace Narges."
Narges Mohammadi was arrested on 12 December in Mashhad after speaking out against clerical authorities at a funeral. Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for more than two decades of campaigning. She undertook a hunger strike earlier this month, was hospitalised, and was returned to detention. Reports and her lawyer describe physical abuse during arrest and interrogation, including severe blows to the head causing dizziness, double vision and blurred vision, and visible bruises. Her husband and foundation say she was transferred to Zanjan prison without informing family or her lawyer. Phone contact since arrest has been severely limited. The Norwegian Nobel committee said it was deeply appalled by reports of life-threatening mistreatment.
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