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January 19, 2024

Iran Sentences Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi to Another 15 Months
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In Iran, authorities have sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges
Mohammadi to an additional 15 months in prison, accusing the human
rights leader of spreading propaganda while behind bars. Her family says
this is Mohammadi's fifth criminal conviction since 2021. Narges
Mohammadi has been in and out of prison for the last two decades over
her activism.


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