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Human rights repression and activism in Iran
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has reported an intensification of repression and economic hardship in Iran over the last 18 months. Mohammadi, who was temporarily released on medical grounds, stated that the combination of internal crackdowns and external war has left citizens with ‘no room for people to breathe.’ Mohammadi has released a memoir titled ‘A Woman Never Stops Fighting,’ which details the memoirs detailing her systemic abuse and torture she endured while imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison. She described In her writings, including ‘A Woman Never Stops Fighting’ and the more recent ‘Una lluita perpètua’ (A Perpetual Struggle), she describes being subjected to violent beatings, solitary confinement, and the loss of numerous notebooks during forced transfers. She has noted that she clandestinely smuggled fragments spent a total of 161 days in solitary confinement during her writings out various periods of prison to expose the methods practiced by the Iranian regime. In her memoir, Mohammadi incarceration. Her work reflects on the profound emotional toll of her long-term imprisonment and the separation from her family. She family, specifically describes the July 2015 departure of her twin children, Kiana and Ali, who moved to Paris for their safety. Paris. She characterized the experience as feeling as though a ‘vast void had opened’ inside her, highlighting the struggle to balance motherhood with the necessity of protecting her children from Iran’s political instability. Her work also covers her experiences during the 2022 ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests. Despite the state crackdown, Mohammadi has highlighted protests, highlighting a ‘wave of resistance’ and increasing rights awareness among younger Iranians. She remains under house arrest Following a heart attack suffered while in Tehran following custody, Mohammadi’s sentence was suspended due to her release on bail for health reasons in May. health, allowing her to return home. However, she remains under heavy pressure, constant control, and the threat of being returned to prison.
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