An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist Narges Mohammadi to six years in prison, her lawyer told Agence France-Presse on Sunday. Mohammadi is considered one of the most prominent human rights activists, and devoted nearly a quarter of a century of her life to the struggle to abolish the application of the death penalty and the compulsory wearing of the hijab for women in the Islamic Republic.

Published on: 02/08/2026 - 18:55

Lawyer Mostafa Nili told Agence France-Presse that his client, human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, “was sentenced to six years in prison for being convicted of assembly and conspiracy to commit crimes,” noting that the court also ruled that she should be banned from traveling for two years.

"Practicing advertising activities"

The judiciary issued a ruling to imprison Mohammadi for one and a half years on conviction of engaging in propaganda activities, and to spend two years in the city of Khosuf in the southern Khorasan province in the east of the Islamic Republic. While the judiciary in Iran adopts the integration of sanctions.

However, Neely indicated that the ruling is not final and is subject to appeal, expressing his hope that his client will obtain “temporary release on bail to receive treatment” given her health condition.

Mohammadi had spent most of the last decade behind prison bars, and since 2015 she had not been able to see her twin sons residing in Paris.

Deteriorating health condition

The authorities released her temporarily in December 2024 due to her health condition “after removing a tumor and a bone transplant,” according to her lawyer.

Moreover, the security forces arrested her again in December 2025 on the sidelines of her participation in commemorating a lawyer who died in the same month, according to what the institution defending her announced at the time.

It is noteworthy that Narges Mohammadi (53 years old), who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, is one of the most prominent human rights activists, and she spent nearly a quarter of a century pushing for the abolition of the death penalty and the compulsory wearing of the hijab for women in the Islamic Republic.

France 24/AFP

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