Narges Mohammadi, born in 1972 in Zanjan, Iran, is an Iranian human rights activist of Kurdish origin.
She trained as a physicist at Imam Khomeini International University and worked as an engineer until she was dismissed for political reasons in 2010.
During her studies, she met her future husband Taghi Rahmani, journalist, author and human rights activist. The couple has two children.
Narges Mohammadi is active in the Iranian organization Defenders of Human Rights Center, which provides political prisoners with defense lawyers. She is also one of the founders of the Iranian National Peace Council, which consists of writers, artists, lawyers and activists working for human rights in Iran.
For her fight for democracy and women’s rights, and against keeping political prisoners in custody without trial, Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to many years in prison and a travel ban. Until her time-limited release, she was imprisoned in the infamous Evin prison in Tehran, where, according to Amnesty International, among others, the prisoners are regularly subjected to torture, long-term isolation, beatings and are denied medical care.