Iranian security forces have rearrested the human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi after a violent crackdown on a memorial service for a human rights lawyer who died under suspicious circumstances. Mohammadi was reportedly hospitalized — twice — after she and other activists were beaten by Iranian forces that used tear gas to disperse a crowd that gathered Friday in the eastern city of Mashhad to remember Khosrow Alikordi, the human rights lawyer found dead in his office earlier this month. Mohammadi and other protesters viewed his death as suspicious and potentially a state-linked killing. In 2023, Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while incarcerated in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, before her temporary release on medical grounds a year ago. She’s already spent over a decade behind bars for her human rights work, including opposition to capital punishment and Iran’s obligatory hijab laws. We’ll have more on this story later in the broadcast.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi Arrested in Iran












