Iranian Narges Mohammadi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who is in prison, will continue her fight for human rights even if it leads to her death, she said in a letter smuggled out of prison and published this Monday (4) by the Swedish public broadcaster SVT.
Mohammadi is serving several sentences in Tehran’s Evin prison on charges that include spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic.
“Prison, psychological torture, constant solitary confinement, sentence after sentence; It didn’t stop me and it won’t stop me. I will defend freedom and equality, even if it costs me my life”, wrote the activist, according to SVT.
SVT stated that the letter was written in response to questions that had been smuggled into the prison through intermediaries, but did not reveal details of how the exchange had occurred.
Mohammadi began a hunger strike in November to protest the fact that prison did not give him access to medical care, he said.
In brief comments published by SVT, which did not provide information about his health, Mohammadi highlighted that what he missed most were his children, Kiana and Ali.
“Especially these days when all the new prisoners talk about the interviews the two of them did…. I haven’t seen them in over eight years,” he wrote.
Kiana highlighted to SVT that the family had no direct contact with Mohammadi for a year and nine months.
“Before this, we spoke occasionally on the phone, but that has stopped,” said the 17-year-old.
This year’s Nobel festivities will take place on December 10 in Oslo and Stockholm. Mohammadi will be represented by her children, Ali and Kiana Rahman, according to the Nobel Foundation.
Source: CNN Brasil
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