08 February 2026 :

February 8, 2026 - IRAN. Nobel Peace Prize laureate and civil rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and two years of internal exile.

According to reports received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mohammadi was transferred to Branch One of the Revolutionary Court in Mashhad on February 7, 2026, for a hearing. Following the session, she was formally notified of her sentence of seven years and six months’ imprisonment and two years of exile on charges of “assembly and collusion” and “propaganda activity against the state.”

The ruling was issued after 59 days of detention following her arrest, along with several others, during a memorial ceremony marking the seventh day after the death of Khosrow Alikordi.

Her lawyer, Mostafa Nili, stated that Mohammadi received six years in prison for the charge of assembly and collusion and an additional one year and six months for propaganda against the state. As supplementary punishment, she was also sentenced to a two-year travel ban and two years of internal exile to the city of Khusf.

Mohammadi had been arrested on December 12, during a gathering held outside the mosque where the memorial ceremony for Khosrow Alikordi — a deceased lawyer — was taking place. She was detained together with Alieh Motalebzadeh, Sepideh Gholian, Hasti Amiri, and Pouran Nazemi amid the use of violence by government forces.

Alieh Motalebzadeh, Hasti Amiri, and Pouran Nazemi have since been released on bail. Sepideh Gholian remains in detention, and no information is currently available regarding her legal status or case proceedings.

https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/02/article-38