Lawyer of Iran Nobel laureate Mohammadi raises concern over prison conditions

The lawyer for imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi warned her client faces a sharp deterioration in health and detention conditions, calling the situation unprecedented.

Chirinne Ardakani told a press conference in Paris that Mohammadi had been transferred more than 700 km from her home to a prison without a separate ward for political detainees.

“The degradation in her condition is unprecedented,” Ardakani said, adding the transfer appeared to be carried out “for reasons of reprisal.”

She also said Iranian lawyers have been denied proper access to Mohammadi and her case files. “They do not have access to the file and are refused direct contact with her,” she said.

Ardakani described Mohammadi as both a human rights defender and a journalist targeted for documenting repression, and said her family, including her children living in France, remain deeply affected by her detention.

Mohammadi, a prominent critic of Iran’s authorities, has been jailed for years despite international calls for her release.