Narges Mohammadi

(Newser) - The family of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who was detained in Iran last week, say the veteran human rights advocate was badly beaten to the point that she twice needed to visit an emergency room. Mohammadi's family spoke out Monday, with her husband, Taghi Rahmani, confirming she...

(Newser) - Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday. A foundation in her name said she was detained at a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently found dead under disputed circumstances. There was no immediate comment from Iran over its detention of the 53-year-old Mohammadi,...

(Newser) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi began a hunger strike Monday over being blocked along with other inmates from getting medical care and to protest the country's mandatory headscarves for women, said a campaign advocating for the activist. The decision by Mohammadi, 51, increases pressure on Iran's theocracy...

(Newser) - Imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting the oppression of women in Iran. "She fights for women against systematic discrimination and oppression," Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee who announced the prize in Oslo. Authorities arrested Mohammadi in November...