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Iran releases Nobel peace laureate Mohammadi on medical leave, says lawyer

Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi has been imprisoned since November 2021 for convictions in relation to her campaigning against capital punishment and the hijab. Photograph: Narges Mohammadi Foundation/AFP/Getty Images

Iran has released the Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media.

“Based on the advice of the examining doctor, the public prosecutor suspended the jail sentence against Narges Mohammadi for three weeks and she was released from prison,” Mostafa Nili said on X.

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