Iranian security forces have “violently” arrested the 2023 Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi at a memorial ceremony for a lawyer and human rights advocate, her supporters said.

Mohammadi, who was granted temporary leave from prison in December 2024 on medical grounds, was detained along with several other activists at the ceremony for Khosro Alikordi, who was found dead in his office last week, her foundation wrote on X .

Also on X, Mohammadi’s husband, Taghi Rahmani, who is based in Paris, said she had been arrested at the ceremony in the eastern city of Mashhad along with Sepideh Gholian , also a prominent activist.

There was no immediate comment from Iran over its detention of Mohammadi, 53. However, supporters had cautioned for months she was at risk of being put b

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