Mohammadi's latest conviction is her fifth since March 2021, which totals 12 years and three months in prison, 154 lashes and various social and political prohibitions, her family said on Monday. She was arrested for the first time in 2011.
“I refused to participate in any of the interrogation sessions or trial in court,” the family’s statement said. Mohammadi was also sentenced to two years of exile outside Tehran, and was banned for two years from membership in socio-political groups and from using a smartphone.
The organization said that Mohammadi (51 years old) won the Nobel Peace Prize after a career spent helping imprisoned activists, leading a campaign against the death penalty and criticizing “the regime’s use of torture and sexual violence.”
She added: “More than 20 years of struggle for women's rights have made her a symbol of freedom and a standard-bearer of the struggle against Iranian theocracy.”
She was in prison when she was awarded the Nobel Prize, accepted by her children who live in exile with Mohammadi's husband in France. The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the award.
Her family said Iran's latest ruling underscored “accusations that it repeatedly incites and encourages public and individual opinions against the Islamic regime to sow chaos and unrest,” adding that the ruling “resembles a political statement.”
Reuters reported, citing local media, that Niloufar Hamidi and Elahmohammadi, the two journalists who reported on Amini's death, were released on bail this week. The Guardian reported that after photos of their release were published online, they were charged under laws requiring women to wear the hijab.
The Iranian judicial news website Mizan said that new cases had been filed against two defendants after they were photographed after their release, but it did not identify them.
