Narges Mohammadi is vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran, headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. She was held in solitary confinement several times between 1998 and 2020 for her human rights advocacy.

Narges Mohammadi (Persian: نرگس محمدی; born 21 April 1972) is an Iranian human rights activist. She is the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), headed by her fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi. [3] .

Sep 16, 2023 · Ms. Mohammadi is a human-rights activist and the author of “White Torture.” News update: On Friday, Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for her fight against the oppression of...

Jun 2, 2023 · Ms. Mohammadi, 51, Iran’s most prominent human rights and women’s rights activist, is now serving a 10-year jail sentence in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for “spreading anti-state...

Mar 11, 2025 · Narges Mohammadi (born April 21, 1972, Zanjān, Iran) is an Iranian journalist and human rights activist who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2023. The award came after an especially tumultuous year of unrest in Iran following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022.

Oct 8, 2023 · As a journalist, Ms. Mohammadi wrote about women’s issues and reformist causes. After her husband, Mr. Rehmani, was arrested in 2001 for a political gathering, she became more involved in rights...

Oct 6, 2023 · Welcoming the announcement to award the 2023 Nobel Peace prize to Ms. Mohammadi, experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council urged the Government of Iran to free all those imprisoned for...

Oct 6, 2023 · Iran’s most prominent human rights campaigner, Ms. Mohammadi is at least the fourth Nobel laureate to win the prize while imprisoned.

First Author: Ms Madhurima Nargis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Pandaveswar College, Kazi Nazrul University, India. She is also pursuing her PhD in the Department of English, Pondicherry University, India.

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