Iranian activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi shares her story in memoir
Written and smuggled out of prison, the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate's memoir reveals the cost of defying Iran's regime and fighting for freedom.
On November 15, PEN International recognized Imprisoned Writer Day by highlighting the memoir of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, titled "A Woman Never Stops Fighting: My Struggle for Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights in Iran". The book is set to be released in English in September 2027. The autobiography provides a personal account of Mohammadi's life and her fight for human rights in Iran.
Mohammadi, born in 1972 in Zanjan, Iran, became politically active during her studies in physics at Imam Khomeini University of Qazvin in the 1990s. She started a mixed-gender mountaineering group and advocated for political reform, leading to repeated arrests and harassment. She married fellow activist Taghi Rahmani in 1998 and they had twin children in 2006.
Throughout her career, Mohammadi worked with prominent human rights organizations and was a leading figure in the Defenders of Human Rights Centre. She advocated for free elections, peace, and the abolition of the death penalty, while also focusing on the psychological effects of solitary confinement, which she documented in her book and documentary "White Torture".
Mohammadi has been sentenced to over 44 years in prison and 154 lashes for her activism. She has been separated from her twin children for more than a decade and has faced brutal treatment, constant interrogations, beatings, and denial of medical care in prison. Despite her imprisonment, she continues to denounce the oppressive regime and its psychological torture tactics.
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