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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi’s memoir details abuse in Iranian prison. She says she’s prepared for the consequences
Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi released her memoir, "A Woman Never Stops Fighting," this month, detailing abuse and solitary confinement at Tehran's Evin prison during an interview with CNN on Wednesday.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee stated in February that Mohammadi endured beatings and "life-threatening mistreatment," losing 20 kilograms during her most recent imprisonment between December and May.
Keeping prisoners in solitary confinement is "one of the government's tools" to "destroy a person," Mohammadi said, describing denial of medical treatment as another method that "seriously endangers their health."
With her children, Ali and Kiana, living in exile in France, Mohammadi expressed uncertainty about depriving her 19-year-old twins of a normal life, calling it "the difficult part of the question."
Citing the courage of women in Tehran, Mohammadi views the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement, sparked by the 2022 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Jhina Amini, as a force that compelled government retreat.