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Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven extra years in jail after she started a starvation strike, supporters mentioned on Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of 1000’s by the hands of safety forces.

The brand new convictions in opposition to Mohammadi come as Iran tries to barter with america over its nuclear program to avert a threatened navy strike by U.S. President Donald Trump. Iran’s high diplomat insisted on Sunday that Tehran’s energy got here from its potential to “say no to the nice powers,” placing a maximalist place simply after negotiations in Oman with the U.S.

Mohammadi’s supporters cited her lawyer, who spoke to her. The lawyer, Mostafa Nili, confirmed the sentence on social media platform X, saying it had been handed down on Saturday by a Revolutionary Courtroom within the metropolis of Mashhad. Such courts usually difficulty verdicts with little or no alternative for defendants to contest their costs.

“She has been sentenced to 6 years in jail for ‘gathering and collusion’ and one and a half years for propaganda and two-year journey ban,” Nili wrote. She obtained one other two years of inner exile to the town of Khosf, some 740 kilometres southeast of the capital Tehran, the lawyer mentioned.

Iran didn’t instantly acknowledge the sentence. Supporters say Mohammadi has been on a starvation strike since Feb. 2. She had been arrested in December at a ceremony honouring Khosrow Alikordi, a 46-year-old Iranian lawyer and human rights advocate who had been based mostly in Mashhad, the place he died on Dec. 6. Footage from the demonstration confirmed her shouting, demanding justice for Alikordi and others.

Mohammadi a logo for Iranian activists

Supporters had warned for months earlier than her December arrest that Mohammadi, 53, was liable to being put again into jail after she obtained a furlough in December 2024 over medical considerations.

Whereas that was to final solely three weeks, Mohammadi’s trip of jail lengthened, presumably as activists and Western powers pushed Iran to maintain her free. She remained out even in the course of the 12-day battle in June between Iran and Israel.

Mohammadi nonetheless stored up her activism with public protests and worldwide media appearances, together with even demonstrating at one level in entrance of Tehran’s infamous Evin jail, the place she had been held.

Mohammadi had been serving 13 years and 9 months on costs of collusion in opposition to state safety and propaganda in opposition to Iran’s authorities. She had additionally backed the nationwide protests sparked by the 2022 demise of Mahsa Amini, which have seen girls brazenly defy the federal government by not sporting the hijab.

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Mohammadi suffered a number of coronary heart assaults whereas imprisoned earlier than present process emergency surgical procedure in 2022, her supporters say. Her lawyer in late 2024 revealed docs had discovered a bone lesion that they feared could possibly be cancerous and was later eliminated.

“Contemplating her diseases, it’s anticipated that she can be quickly launched on bail in order that she will be able to obtain remedy,” Nili wrote.

Nonetheless, Iranian officers have been signalling a more durable line in opposition to all dissent for the reason that demonstrations. Talking on Sunday, Iranian judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei made feedback suggesting that harsh jail sentences awaited many.

“Have a look at some people who as soon as have been with the revolution and accompanied the revolution,” he mentioned. “Immediately, what they’re saying, what they’re writing, what statements they difficulty, they’re unlucky, they’re forlorn [and] they may face harm.”