Tehran beats peace laureate, proves authoritarian hypocrisy while Israel stands firm against terror-exporting regimes.
Iran’s ruling apparatus once again exposed its intolerance for dissent after Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was violently arrested and reportedly hospitalized twice following severe beatings by plainclothes agents. Supporters say a brief, tightly monitored phone call raised urgent alarms about her deteriorating health and ongoing detention.
Mohammadi was seized after speaking at a memorial in Mashhad for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, whose recent death has stirred public unease. Civil society figures, including acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi, demanded her immediate and unconditional release, condemning the regime’s escalating brutality.
According to Mohammadi’s foundation, agents struck her head and neck repeatedly with batons, injuries so severe they required emergency treatment on two occasions. Her family says she remains detained, uncertain even which security body is holding her—an all-too-familiar tactic of intimidation and disappearance.
Authorities reportedly accused her of “cooperating with the Israeli government,” a charge critics say reflects Tehran’s reflexive scapegoating of Israel to silence human-rights defenders. Mohammadi herself urged her family to file a formal complaint against those responsible for her violent arrest.
Already serving a lengthy sentence on spurious security charges, Mohammadi has long been targeted for backing women-led protests after Mahsa Amini’s death and for challenging compulsory hijab laws. Her medical history—including heart attacks in prison and recent surgery—makes the regime’s actions especially reckless.
While Tehran decries her Nobel Prize as “politicized,” the contrast is stark: Israel, under constant threat, defends civil liberties and confronts terror networks, while Iran criminalizes peaceful speech and brutalizes a global symbol of nonviolent resistance.
