{"id":3682,"date":"2020-10-08T12:26:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2020-10-08T12:26:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:26:57","slug":"iran-releases-prominent-human-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iran-releases-prominent-human-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Releases Prominent Human Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"excerptCss\"><p>Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist jailed for \u201cacting against Iran\u2019s national security\u201d has been released from prison after 8.5 years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Her release came after her prison sentence was reduced upon a new law passed by the Judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regards to a law passed recently about commuting prison sentences, this personer\u2019s sentence was commuted and she was freed from jail,\u201d said the Justice Department of Zanjan province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNarges Mohammadi had received a ten-year binding prison term. Due to the law on reducing prison sentences and upon the court\u2019s agreement, her jail term was reduced,\u201d added the justice department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs she had served eight and a half years in prison, her term came to an end and she was released from jail last night,\u201d the justice department added.<\/p>\n<p>She had been convicted of acting against national security, launching propaganda campaigns against the Establishment, and the formation and running of a group called Legam, which campaigned for abolition of death penalty in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist jailed for \u201cacting against Iran\u2019s national security\u201d has been released from prison after 8.5 years. Her release came after her prison sentence was reduced upon a new law passed by the Judiciary. \u201cWith regards to a law passed recently about commuting prison sentences, this personer\u2019s sentence was commuted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,6,4],"tags":[1069,966,1318,28,639,178,1317,84,46,638],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Iran Releases Prominent Human Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi - madaresharghi | An Analytical Look at Middle Eastern Developments<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iran-releases-prominent-human-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran Releases Prominent Human Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi - madaresharghi | An Analytical Look at Middle Eastern Developments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist jailed for \u201cacting against Iran\u2019s national security\u201d has been released from prison after 8.5 years. 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