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Celia Lebur and Stuart Williams

Iran Frees Nobel Winner For Three Weeks, Sparking Calls For 'Permanent' Release

Narges Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize (Credit: AFP)

Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as "too little too late" with the Nobel committee urging a permanent release.

Addressing reporters in Paris, Mohammadi's 18-year-old son, Ali Rahmani, said he had been able to speak by phone to his mother for the first time in two years.

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