Iran conducts arbitrary trial of jailed Nobel winner

The court session for jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi was held in branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran without her presence.

The court convened on Saturday to address the new charges of “propaganda against the state” brought upon Mohammadi because of her statements on sexual harassment and assault on Dina Ghalibaf and boycotting parliament elections held in March according to her lawyer Mostafa Nili.

Nili announced on X that he attended the court session as Mohammadi’s lawyer defending her case without her presence.

Mohammadi's Instagram page also published a post stating that she did not go to court and that her trial session was held without her.

Last week, it was announced on her Instagram page that she would not be attending the court session and an online petition was started demanding a public trial.

Before this, Mohammadi had faced three court trials for recounting incidents of sexual harassment and assault against detainees. Saturday’s court session marks her fourth trial for speaking out against such violence.

In April Iranian student and journalist, Dina Ghalbaf disclosed on X that she had been sexually assaulted by morality police officers during her arrest over alleged non-compliance of mandatory hijab laws at Sadeghiyeh metro station in Tehran.