Narges Mohammadi

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Profile

Status: Detained
Location

Civil activist and Vice President of the Human Rights Defenders Association and human rights activist

Personal information

Gender: woman
Marital status: Married
Nationality: Iranian citizen - Unknown ethnicity

Activity

Type of activity: Civil activist and Vice President of the Human Rights Defenders Association and human rights activist
Other: 1
Other details: Narges Mohamadi was dismissed from her job at the Engineering Inspection Company in November 2009 due to her activities in the Human Rights Defenders Center. She is the wife of Taghi Rahmani.

Medical and case status

Medical status report: News sources reported that his medical file was seized by security agents. https://www.hra-news.org/2011/hranews/1-6064/ Narges Mohammadi developed muscular paralysis in prison. https://www.hra-news.org/2012/hranews/1-10950/

Pardon and forgiveness

Pardon request approved: Yes

Arrest records

Arrest 1

Arrest record

Date of arrest: Jun 10, 2010
Province of detention: Tehran
City of detention: Tehran
Duration of temporary detention: 21 روز
Initial release date: Jul 01, 2010
News link: https://www.hra-news.org/2010/hranews/1-1120/

Court information

First court hearing date: Feb 22, 2011
Trial court branch: شعبه ۲۶ دادگاه انقلاب تهران
Preliminary charge: Membership in the Supreme Council of the Association of Human Rights Defenders, establishment of the National Peace Council, gathering and conspiracy with the intent to commit crimes and engage in propaganda against the system.
Preliminary sentence: eleven years of corrective detention
Second court hearing date: Jun 27, 2011
Trial city: Tehran

Court of appeals

Court province: Tehran
Appeals court verdict: 6 years in prison
Appeals branch: شعبه ۵۴ دادگاه تجدید نظر تهران

Sentence execution

Sentence execution date: Apr 21, 2012
Prison name: Evin Prison

Arrest 2

Arrest record

Date of arrest: May 05, 2015
Province of detention: Tehran
City of detention: Tehran

Court information

Trial court branch: شعبه ۱۵ دادگاه انقلاب تهران
Preliminary sentence: 16 years in prison
Judge name: Salavati
Trial city: Tehran

Court of appeals

Appeal date: Sep 19, 2016
Court province: Tehran
Appeals court verdict: 16 years imprisonment
Appeals branch: شعبه ۳۶ دادگاه تجدید نظر استان تهران
Appellate judge: Gholipour

Sentence execution

Sentence execution date: Mar 15, 2017
Prison name: Zanjan Prison
Release date: Oct 08, 2020

Arrest 3

Arrest record

Date of arrest: Dec 26, 2014
Province of detention: Tehran
City of detention: Tehran
Duration of temporary detention: ساعاتی
Initial release date: Dec 26, 2014
News link: https://www.hra-news.org/2014/hranews/b-376/

Court information

First court hearing date: May 19, 2021
Trial court branch: شعبه ۱۱۷۷ دادگاه کیفری دو مجتمع قضایی قدس تهران
Preliminary charge: Promotional activities against the Islamic Republic of Iran through the publication of statements (the statement against execution), sit-ins at the prison office, disobedience to the prison authorities (to end the protest sit-in), breaking windows, defamation, and causing bodily harm.
Preliminary sentence: 30 months of imprisonment, 80 lashes, and payment of two fines.
Trial city: Tehran

Arrest 4

Arrest record

Date of arrest: Jun 12, 2021
Province of detention: Fars
City of detention: Shiraz
Duration of temporary detention: ساعاتی
Initial release date: Jun 12, 2021
News link: https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30474/

Arrest 5

Arrest record

Date of arrest: Jul 20, 2021
Province of detention: Tehran
City of detention: Tehran
Duration of temporary detention: ساعاتی
Initial release date: Jul 20, 2021
News link: https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31019/

Arrest 6

Arrest record

Date of arrest: Aug 18, 2021
Province of detention: Alborz
City of detention: Karaj
Duration of temporary detention: ساعاتی
Initial release date: Aug 18, 2021
News link: https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31381/

Arrest 7

Arrest record

Date of arrest: Sep 08, 2021
Province of detention: Tehran
City of detention: Tehran
Duration of temporary detention: ساعتی
Initial release date: Sep 08, 2021
News link: https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31646/

Arrest 8

Arrest record

Date of arrest: Nov 16, 2021
Province of detention: Tehran
City of detention: Tehran
Detention center: Dan Qarchak Varamin
News link: https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-32492/

Court information

Trial court branch: شعبه ۲۶ دادگاه انقلاب تهران
Preliminary sentence: 8 years and 2 months of imprisonment, 74 lashes, 2 years of exile, 2 years of deprivation of membership in political groups and associations, and 2 years of deprivation of presence and activity in social and telecommunications networks.
Judge name: Iman Afshari
Trial city: Tehran

Court of appeals

Appeal date: Feb 20, 2022
Court province: Tehran
Appeals court verdict: Confirmation of the verdict
Appeals branch: دادگاه تجدید نظر تهران

Arrest 9

Court information

First court hearing date: Oct 09, 2022
Trial court branch: شعبه ۲۶ دادگاه انقلاب تهران
Preliminary charge: Propaganda activity against the regime
Preliminary sentence: 15 months of detention and other supplementary punishments including monthly reporting to the police for a duration of 2 years, a ban on leaving the country for 2 years, prohibition of membership in parties, factions, and political groups for 2 years, and cleaning areas of waste in uninhabited regions coordinated with the municipality of one of the counties under the supervision of its security office for 3 months, 4 hours a day.
Trial city: Tehran

Arrest 10

Court information

Trial court branch: شعبه ۲۹ دادگاه انقلاب تهران
Preliminary charge: Propaganda against the system
Preliminary sentence: one year imprisonment
Judge name: Seyed Ali Mazloom
Trial city: Tehran

Arrest 11

Court information

Trial court branch: شعبه ۲۶ دادگاه انقلاب تهران
Preliminary charge: Propaganda against the system
Preliminary sentence: Fifteen months of prison, two years of exile outside Tehran and neighboring provinces, two years of a travel ban, two years of prohibition from joining social-political groups, and two years of prohibition from using a smartphone.
Judge name: Iman Afshari
Trial city: Tehran

Arrest 12

Arrest record

Date of arrest: Dec 12, 2025
Province of detention: Khorasan Razavi
City of detention: Mashhad
Detaining authority: FaraJa Intelligence Organization
Detention center: Detention Center of Intelligence Department of Mashhad
News link: https://www.hra-news.org/2025/hranews/a-76ceb2c0/

Court information

First court hearing date: Jun 08, 2024
Trial court branch: شعبه 29 دادگاه انقلاب تهران
Preliminary charge: Propaganda activity against the regime
Preliminary sentence: one year imprisonment
Trial city: Tehran

Arrest 13

Court information

Trial court branch: شعبه 1 دادگاه انقلاب مشهد
Preliminary charge: Gathering, conspiracy, and promotional activities
Preliminary sentence: Seven years and six months of imprisonment, two years of exile to Khusf County, and two years of prohibition from leaving the country.
Trial city: Mashhad