He Nobel committee He spoke for the first time with the Iranian Narges Mohammadithe winner of the 2023 peace prize who is temporarily released from prison for medical reasons, according to a video released this Sunday night by the organization.
“Today, December 8, 2024, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has been in direct contact for the first time with Narges Mohammadi, laureate of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize″, the organization announced through its social media profile, where it shared an excerpt of the meeting held by video call.
“Just a few days ago, Mohammadi was temporarily released from the notorious Evin prison to receive medical treatment, a permit limited to just 21 days. Mohammadi has spent ten years of her life behind bars and has been sentenced to a total of more than 36 years in prison. (…) Within 17 days he will return to prison“added the organization.
Mohammadi recounted how the women’s section of the prison Evinin Tehran, “burst into chants” of the protest slogan “women, life, freedom” in the Kurdish language when they heard that she had been awarded, according to images released by the Nobel committee on social networks.
“One of my fellow prisoners managed to call her husband who is also imprisoned in the male wing. Through them we learned the incredible news, I had won the Nobel Peace Prize.”Mohammadi told the committee, dressed in green and with her hair uncovered.
The committee recalled in its statement that the activist received the aforementioned award last year for her “tireless fight against the oppression of women in Iran and their unwavering defense of Human Rights and freedom”.
Throughout her life, the activist has founded associations in defense of women’s rights and written books and articles to denounce the abuses to which they are subjected by security forces and authorities, particularly in prisons in the country.
The activist of 52 years She has been detained since November 2021 for several convictions due to her campaigns against the mandatory use of hijab and the death penalty in Iran.
She was released last week for health reasons after undergoing a bone surgery.
Mohammadi’s supporters and the UN demand that she be released unconditionally and permanently.
Mohammadi’s two sons collected the award, which was given to him in recognition of his campaign for human rights in Iran.
Her son Ali, who was able to speak with her briefly at the beginning of the month, stated that his mother will use this time to continue denouncing the human rights situation in Iran.
Taghi Rahmanithe husband of the Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner, who intervened by videoconference from Mexico, insisted for his part that during the conversation he had with her he could see that she was in a good state of mind and that she was “combative.”
Rahmani emphasized that this permission “It’s no sign of mercy” of the Iranian authorities with his wife, but is explained by his state of health, which had deteriorated to the point that “there was no other alternative.”
He explained that these 21 days are “vastly insufficient” taking into account that the doctors who operated on him a few weeks ago for a tumor in his leg that was considered cancerous had established that the recovery period should last at least three months.
(With information from EFE, Europa Press and AFP)
