Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to prison and exile

An Iranian court sentenced Narges Mohammadi to seven years and six months in prison. It also sentenced her to two years of internal exile in South Khorasan. The penalties run concurrently. She is the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and the case was reported under censorship in Iran.

The charges were described as collusion and propaganda-related. The report did not quote the indictment or set out the evidence. Concurrent sentences are served at the same time, so the exile term does not stack as extra years after the full prison term in the way consecutive sentences would. The court named South Khorasan as the place of internal exile.

The Nobel Peace Prize is an international award given for work toward peace. Mohammadi received it in 2023, a fact the sentencing report used to identify her. The new sentence is a domestic criminal judgment in Iran. The account did not say whether she was in custody when the sentence was issued.

Internal exile is a punishment that confines a person to a specified part of the country, here South Khorasan, rather than sending them abroad. Seven years and six months is the prison term. Two years is the exile term. Because they run concurrently, the judgment described overlapping penalties rather than a simple sum presented as one calendar total.

The report filed the case as censorship, linking the sentence to controls on speech and political activity. It did not describe a public trial day or name the judges. No fine or other additional penalty was mentioned. Collusion and propaganda-related charges were the legal labels given.

Mohammadi's sentence is seven years and six months in prison and two years of internal exile in South Khorasan, running concurrently. The charges were collusion and propaganda-related. She is the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. That judgment was the reported outcome in the Iranian court.