Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who was violently detained after attending a memorial service for a human rights lawyer, told her family she has been accused of cooperating with the Israeli government, according to her X account.
Mohammadi said during a brief phone call on Sunday night that she does not know which security agency arrested her, the post on her X account said.
She added that she was beaten with batons during the arrest on Friday and has since been taken to the emergency room twice due to the severity of her injuries.
Mohammadi and several other activists were arrested during a heated gathering of mourners attending a memorial ceremony for Khosrow Alikordi in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
Alikordi, a former political prisoner who represented jailed protesters, was found dead under unclear circumstances in his office in Mashhad last week, with fellow lawyers and activists questioning the official account of cardiac arrest and alleging possible involvement by security forces.
"Khosrow Alikardi was devoted to freedom and justice, but he never bowed his head to oppression," Mohamadi told attendees in a speech.
The Nobel laureate whose arrest sparked international outcry said during the phone call that she was attacked with repeated, heavy baton blows to the head and neck and was then violently detained.
"At the same time as the beating, she was threatened and told, “We will put your mother in mourning.”
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday condemned her arrest and called on Tehran to "specify Mohammadi’s place of detention, ensure her safety and well-being and release her unconditionally."
Her foundation posted online that activists Sepideh Qolian, Pouran Nazemi, Hasti Amiri and Aliyeh Motalebzadeh were also arrested, among others.
Mashhad governor Hassan Hosseini told state media that the arrests were made for the detainees' safety as the crowd turned unruly.
"This was done to protect them, because in such circumstances other groups might also take confrontational action. For this reason, the prosecutor’s office intervened to ensure that no problems would arise for these individuals," he told state media.
