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Nobel Peace Prize winner Nargess Mohammadi was taken to a hospital emergency room twice after reportedly being injured by security forces during her arrest on December 12, her family informed the Nargess Foundation on Monday.
Human rights activist who was honored with the prestigious award in 2023 while he was in jailhas dedicated three decades Campaigning for women’s rights and the abolition of the death penalty in Iran.
He was arrested again on Friday and released late last year, after speaking out against the suspicious death of lawyer Khosrow Alicordi.
Mashhad prosecutor Hassan Hematifar said on Saturday that Ms. Mohammadi and Mr. Alicordi’s brother had made “provocative remarks” at the lawyer’s memorial service in Mashhad, encouraging attendees to “shout norm-breaking slogans” and “disturb the peace.”
The family-run Narges Foundation confirmed that Ms Mohammadi had contacted her family late on Sunday night.
“Narges Mohammadi said in the call that the intensity of the assault was so severe, forceful and frequent that she was taken to the hospital emergency room twice… Her physical condition was not good at the time of the call and she seemed unwell,” the foundation said in a post on X.
Mohammadi was Was released in December last year From Tehran’s Evin Prison to receive medical treatment following the suspension of his prison sentence.
She told her family that she was accused of “collaborating with the Israeli government” and received death threats from security forces, after which she requested her legal team to file a formal complaint against the detaining security body and the violent manner of her arrest.
There was no immediate comment from Iranian officials.
Mohammadi has been released from prison on medical leave, where she is serving a 13 years and nine months sentence on charges of collusion against state security and propaganda against the government of Iran.
Despite numerous arrests by Iranian authorities and spending years behind bars, he has maintained his activism. This includes supporting women-led nationwide protests in 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini, which saw women openly defy the government by not wearing the hijab.