Narges Mohammadi

Iran · born 1972

Mohammadi is an Iranian human-rights advocate whose work addresses women’s freedom, political repression and the death penalty. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023.

Her advocacy has continued despite imprisonment and restrictions. This profile concerns her documented work and words; it does not attempt to provide a live account of her legal or medical situation.

“The more of us they lock up, the stronger we become.”

Quotation reproduced in the Nobel Prize’s 2023 Peace Prize teaching material.

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Short original introduction by GYNĒMA · Source review: 7 October 2026. The quote is an excerpt, not a summary of her entire outlook.

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