Narges Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/narges/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:25:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Narges Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/narges/ 32 32 59910430 Narges Mohammadi, Physicist and Human Rights Defender, imprisoned in Iran Released with Sentence Commuted. https://concernedscientists.org/2020/11/narges-mohammadi-physicist-and-human-rights-defender-imprisoned-in-iran-released-with-sentence-commuted/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:05:37 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8751 Narges Mohammadi, a physicist and a prominent human rights defender who had been incarcerated in Iranian prisons since May 2015, was released on October 7 when her 16-year sentence was commuted due to health concerns. Her conviction and sentence in May 2016 were based exclusively on her peaceful advocacy for women’s rights and the abolition […]

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]]> 8751 2018 APS Andrei Sakharov Prize Winner Has Tested Positive for the COVID Virus While Incarcerated in an Iranian Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2020/07/2018-aps-andrei-sakharov-prize-winner-has-tested-positive-for-the-covid-virus-while-incarcerated-in-an-iranian-prison/ Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:40:25 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8542 Narges Mohammedi, a physicist and a prominent human rights defender who has been confined in Iranian prisons since May 2015, serving a 16-year sentence, requested temporary release or sentence remission due to the abundance of inmates with Covid-19 in the prison. She was denied release in March, when over 100,000 detainees were granted temporary release. […]

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]]> 8542 Iranian Prisoner in Dire Need of Independent Hospitalization for Post-Op Infection https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/iranian-prisoner-in-dire-need-of-independent-hospitalization-for-post-op-infection/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:55:59 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7437 Narges Mohammadi, a 46-year old Iranian physicist, engineer and human rights advocate confined in Evin Prison, sentenced to 16 years for peaceful advocacy of women’s rights and abolition of the death penalty, is in need of hospitalization. In May of 2019 she had a hysterectomy and was rushed back to the prison in less than […]

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]]> 7437 Narges Mohammadi Furloughed for Three Days to See Ill Father https://concernedscientists.org/2018/10/narges-mohammadi-furloughed-for-three-days-to-see-ill-father/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 23:44:23 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7171 Narges Mohammadi, a political prisoner in Iran’s Evin Prison has been granted a short, three day furlough to see her 85 year old father who has had multiple brain seizures over the past year. Mohammadi’s mother wrote a letter to the Tehran Prosecutor requesting permission for her daughter to go see her father for one […]

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