ALBAWABA - An Iranian court has sentenced 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to an additional sentence of over one year in prison on charges of spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic while behind bars, her family said on Monday, AFP reported.
Mohammadi was sentenced to 15 months in prison by the Revolutionary Court following a trial that she refused to attend, according to her family.
She was also ordered to spend two years in exile outside of Tehran, as well as a two-year travel ban and a two-year ban on using a smartphone, all of which will take effect once she is released.
The family stated that this was Mohammadi's fifth conviction since March 2021, with sentences totaling 12 years and three months in prison, 154 lashes, two years of exile, and various social and political restrictions.
The family released a statement condemning a verdict that it described as a "political statement" emphasizing accusations that "she repeatedly incites and encourages public and individual opinions against the Islamic regime to sow chaos and disturbances".
Mohammadi's family accepted the 2023 Nobel Prize in Oslo on her behalf in December. The award was given in recognition of her campaigning for human rights in Iran.
She has spent much of the last two decades in and out of jail, starting her most recent sentence in November 2021.
But even behind the bars of Tehran's Evin prison, she has continued to campaign for human rights, accusing the authorities of systematic violations and, in particular, criticizing their use of the death penalty.
She is a staunch opponent of the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab and has also broken prison rules by wearing a headscarf inside. According to her family, Mohammadi has been further punished, most notably by being denied the ability to make phone calls.
