She was charged with \u201cspreading propaganda\u201d against the Islamic Republic regime, her family said. <\/p>\n
The 51-year-old rights activist was\u00a0awarded the Nobel\u00a0in October for \u201cher fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.\u201d That battle has come at a huge personal cost \u2013 Mohammadi has spent most of the past two decades in prison. <\/p>\n
During her trial, she refused to attend court proceedings or participate in questioning, the family said. <\/p>\n
On top of the extra 15 months in prison, the new sentence orders Mohammadi to \u201ctwo years of exile outside Tehran and neighboring provinces,\u201d according to her family. <\/p>\n
Mohammadi was also given a two-year travel ban, \u201ca two-year ban on membership in social-political groups, and a two-year ban on using a smartphone,\u201d the statement added. <\/p>\n
The latest sentencing is Mohammadi\u2019s fifth conviction since 2021 and her third while incarcerated. <\/p>\n
Mohammadi was already serving a sentence of ten years and nine months, accused of actions against national security and propaganda against the state. She was also sentenced to 154 lashes, a punishment rights groups believe has not been inflicted so far, along with restrictions on travel. <\/p>\n
Last August she was sentenced to an additional year in jail for her continued activism behind bars, after she gave a media interview and a statement about sexual assaults in prison, which she says have \u201csignificantly increased,\u201d leading her to describe the abuse as now \u201csystematic.\u201d <\/p>\n
Mohammadi\u2019s new sentence comes shortly after two journalists were temporarily released on bail after being imprisoned in Iran following their coverage of the 2022\u00a0death of Mahsa Amini,\u00a0according to state-run media. <\/p>\n
Convicted in October, journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi are currently awaiting a verdict on their appeals, according to Iran\u2019s state-run news agency\u00a0IRNA. The women were allowed to leave their Tehran jail on Sunday with a bail of 10 billion tomans each (nearly $200,000 each), IRNA reported. They are also banned from leaving the country, it said. <\/p>\n
Hamedi and Mohammadi were arrested in late September 2022,\u00a0after protests spread across Iran fueled by the death of 22-year-old Amini,\u00a0who died while in the custody of Iran\u2019s morality police after being arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly. <\/p>\n\n
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