Personal Profile About Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights activist, journalist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The Narges Mohammadi biography states that she was born on 21 April 1972 in Zanjan, Iran. She holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Imam Khomeini International University in Qazvin. She worked as a journalist for reformist publications before becoming a full-time activist.
She serves as vice-president and deputy director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center. She campaigns against the oppression of women, compulsory hijab laws, the death penalty, solitary confinement, and torture in Iran. She has been arrested 13 times, convicted 5 times, and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. She has spent years in Evin Prison and other facilities.
Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized
Narges Mohammadi hospitalized in a Tehran hospital on May 10, 2026, after losing consciousness twice. She was granted a prison sentence suspension on bail. On April 1, it was reported that she had most likely suffered a heart attack. On December 15, 2025, it was reported that she was hospitalized twice in the emergency room.
Narges Mohammadi Nobel Prize
Narges Mohammadi Nobel Prize was awarded to her in October 2023. She received it for her "fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all." The text of her Nobel Prize speech was read at the awards ceremony in Oslo by her teenage children, Ali and Kiana Rahmani.
Narges Mohammadi Husband
Narges Mohammadi husband is Taghi Rahmani. The couple married in 1999, and in 2006 they had twins (a girl and a boy) together. Rahmani is an Iranian journalist, writer, and nationalist-religious activist. He is associated with the Melli Mazhabi (nationalist-religious) movement. He moved to France in 2012 after serving 14 years of prison sentences.
Narges Mohammadi Story
Narges Mohammadi story started when she was born to an Iranian Azerbaijani family and grew up in Karaj, Qorveh, and Oshnaviyeh. She wrote articles supporting women's rights in her university’s student newspaper and several other reformist newspapers. In 2003, she joined DHRC, later becoming the organization's vice president. On February 8, 2026, an Iranian court sentenced her to 7.5 years in prison.
Narges Mohammadi Religion
Narges Mohammadi religion is Islam. While she comes from an Iranian Muslim background, she opposes the mandatory imposition of Islamic law by the state. She and her peers explored the idea of Neo-Shariatism in the 1990s and advanced a view of governance that "rejected the concept of an Islamic state and advocated instead a secular, or urfi, democracy."