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Al JazeeraJAN 2 2024
Iran: Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Given More Jail Time
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The Spin
Anti-Iran narrative
Tehran has long sought to silence Narges Mohammadi through intimidation and punishment, but to no avail. She has never refrained from speaking out against the authoritarian clerical regime, even while imprisoned and suffering health problems. Given that Iran's judicial system is anything but independent, it's no surprise that the Nobel Winner has been slapped with a sentence that is, effectively, a political statement.
Pro-Iran narrative
Once a mostly unknown anti-Iranian troublemaker mercenary, Narges Mohammadi came into the international spotlight for her subversive activities in the 2022 West-backed riots that sought to create divisions within Iran and promote separatist terrorism in Baluchistan and Kurdistan. That a biased and political prize was awarded to her doesn't make Mohammadi exempt from abiding by the rule of law.