Iran Sentences Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi to Six Years in Prison

Tehran. An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to six years in prison. Lawyer Mostafa Nili said, "She has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of gathering and participating in a campaign to commit crimes during anti-government protests."

Mohammadi was also given an additional one-and-a-half-year sentence for propaganda activities, and she has been banned from traveling to the city of Khosf in the eastern province of South Khorasan for two years, her lawyer stated.