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Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi Faces Threats from Iran

7/12/2025

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Narges Mohammadi, the courageous Iranian human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is under grave threat of "physical elimination" from the Iranian regime. Imprisoned since 2021 for championing women's rights, her plight highlights the UK government's alarming warnings about rising dangers faced by dissidents, including sinister plots to abduct or assassinate those opposing the regime abroad.

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Narges Mohammadi, the courageous Iranian human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is under grave threat of "physical elimination" from the Iranian regime. Imprisoned since 2021 for championing women's rights, her plight highlights the UK government's alarming warnings about rising dangers faced by dissidents, including sinister plots to abduct or assassinate those opposing the regime abroad.