Nobel laureate’s smuggled memoir details beatings and neglect in Iranian prisons
Writing by Narges Mohammadi, arrested 14 times for activism, offers a disturbing insight into treatment
TL;DR
- Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian Nobel peace prize laureate, has smuggled writings from prison detailing "torture" and medical neglect.
- Her upcoming memoir, "A Woman Never Stops Fighting," will include these writings, offering insight into her treatment during multiple imprisonments.
- Mohammadi has faced severe health issues, including a pulmonary embolism, seizures, and a significant weight loss, leading to her recent release on bail for medical treatment.
- She has been arrested 14 times for activism related to women's rights, prisoner conditions, and ending the death penalty, and has been sentenced to 44 years in prison and 154 lashes.
- Her writings were smuggled out by fellow prisoners and visitors at great personal risk, and had to be rewritten multiple times after discovery by guards.