Iranian rights defender Narges Mohammadi released from prison
Mohammadi served more than eight years in prison on a dubious national security conviction.
After serving more than eight years in an Iranian prison, prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi’s sentence was cut short and she was released on Wednesday, her husband and Iranian media outlets confirmed.
“Narges was released from Zanjan prison at 3 a.m.,” tweeted Taghi Rahmani, who lives in France with the couple’s two children. “Wishing freedom for all prisoners,” he added.
Mohammadi, 48, was the spokesperson for the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran and campaigned against Iran’s use of the death penalty. She was serving a 16-year sentence on trumped-up national security charges, including spreading propaganda and managing an illegal group.
After participating in a peaceful sit-in at the notorious Evin prison in Tehran in December 2019, Mohammadi was transferred to Zanjan prison in northwest Iran. The local prosecutor, Ismail Sadeghi Niaraki, told Iranian journalists on Thursday that a newly passed law permitted the reduction of her sentence.
