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Omaha Steve

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Sun Feb 8, 2026, 12:56 PM 9 hrs ago

Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison

Source: AP

By JON GAMBRELL
Updated 10:39 AM CST, February 8, 2026
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of thousands at the hands of security forces.

The new convictions against Mohammadi come as Iran tries to negotiate with the United States over its nuclear program to avert a threatened military strike by President Donald Trump. Iran’s top diplomat insisted Sunday that Tehran’s strength came from its ability to “say no to the great powers,” striking a maximalist position just after negotiations in Oman with the U.S.

Mohammadi’s supporters cited her lawyer, who spoke to Mohammadi. The lawyer, Mostafa Nili, confirmed the sentence on X, saying it had been handed down Saturday by a Revolutionary Court in the city of Mashhad.

“She has been sentenced to six years in prison for ‘gathering and collusion’ and one and a half years for propaganda and two-year travel ban,” he wrote. She received another two years of internal exile to the city of Khosf, some 740 kilometers (460 miles) southeast of Tehran, the capital, the lawyer added.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-nuclear-talks-protests-araghchi-389531836ccaa4c126b5ee06c1d5b1f8

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Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison (Original Post) Omaha Steve 9 hrs ago OP
Thinking that he can negotiate with the animals in Tehran... Mark.b2 7 hrs ago #1

Mark.b2

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1. Thinking that he can negotiate with the animals in Tehran...
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 02:20 PM
7 hrs ago

suits Trump to a tee. He’s learned nothing from other Presidents’ fools’ errands in thinking they were “the one” who could do it.

Does he think they’ve forgotten he made Soleimani look like he’d been through a human-sized food processor?

When we consider the treatment Supreme Leader Khamenei ordered or authorized for a saint like Marges Mohammadi, we can’t fathom what he approves for others, especially if they are women, non-Muslims, the wrong kind of Muslims, or LGBTs.

Yeah, I don’t like the Iranian regime.

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