Narges Mohammadi's twin sons received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, in the name of their mother, imprisoned in Tehran since 2021 for her positions in favor of women's rights in Iran.
Kiana Rahmani, the 17-year-old daughter, hasn't seen her mother in seven years and fears she'll never see her again.
“Maybe I’ll see her in 30 or 40 years, but I don’t think I’ll ever see her again.” Narges Mohammadi's daughter says, however, that not seeing her again "doesn't matter" because her mother "will always live in Kiana's heart" as well as the "values worth fighting for."
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded yesterday in the Norwegian capital. Due to the laureate's forced absence, her two twin children, Kiana and Ali, represented her.
Narges Mohammadi, 51, is a recognized activist for women's rights in Iran and Iranian democracy. One of the new laureate's main struggles is against the death penalty, still in force in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Narges' children live in exile, in Paris, with their father, Taghi.
On this symbolic Sunday, the activist began a new hunger strike.
At a press conference held on Saturday in Oslo, Mohammadi's husband Taghi Rahmani, her children and her brother said the new strike was intended to show solidarity with the Baha'i religious minority in Iran. Islam, where Shiism is the state religion, considers Baha'is heretics and spies linked to Israel.
Source: Euronews