The husband of Iran’s imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is speaking out after her hospitalization for severe ​medical problems. Mohammadi’s family is demanding she be transferred from Zanjan Prison to Tehran, where she could receive better ​medical care, but authorities continue to deny her transfer. Mohammadi has been arrested 13 times and sentenced to a cumulative 31 years in prison. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her advocacy against torture and the death penalty in Iran. This is Narges Mohammadi’s husband, Taghi Rahmani.

Taghi Rahmani: “Narges believes in human rights, in justice and in equality for women. She sees the struggle for human rights as an ideal and has extraordinary courage. And she has expressed this. She has always had this. Narges, in any situation, works for the improvement of human rights. That is her belief.”