‘A return to prison is always looming’: Iran nobel laureate recounts torture in jail and hopes for the future
Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi recounts her experience of severe physical abuse and solitary confinement while detained in Iran. She discusses the personal toll of her imprisonment, particularly the impact on her children.
Why it matters
It highlights ongoing human rights abuses in Iran and the personal sacrifices made by activists fighting for freedom.
Narges Mohammadi after her release. She said her most painful doubts were about the price her children had paid while she was detained in prison. Photograph: Narges Mohammadi Foundation Narges Mohammadi after her release. She said her most painful doubts were about the price her children had paid while she was detained in prison. Photograph: Narges Mohammadi Foundation Rights and freedom Human rights Interview ‘A return to prison is always looming’: Iran’s Nobel laureate recounts torture in jail and hopes for the future Deepa Parent The human rights activist Narges Mohammadi was severely beaten by security forces and denied medical care. In an interview with the Guardian, she discusses her shifting sense of identity and being a mother in jail
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