Iran has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Nargis Mohammadi to more than 7 years in prison after she started a hunger strike. Supporters gave this information on Sunday (February 8). After nationwide protests and the death of thousands of people at the hands of security forces, Tehran is trying to suppress every dissent.

According to the report of APTN News, this decision against Mohammadi has come at a time when Iran is trying to negotiate with America regarding its nuclear program to avert a possible military attack by US President Donald Trump. Iran’s top diplomat insisted on Sunday that Tehran’s strength comes from its ability to say no to great powers. His extremist stance has come to light just after the talks with America in Oman.

What did Mohammadi’s lawyer tell?
Lawyer Mustafa Neeli confirmed the sentencing in a post on X, saying that the verdict was delivered on Saturday by a revolutionary court in Mashhad city. Such courts usually deliver verdicts without giving the accused little or no opportunity to rebut their allegations. He wrote, “He has been sentenced to 6 years on charges of mobilizing people and hatching a conspiracy, and on charges of propaganda, he has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison and a travel ban for 2 years.”

The lawyer said that he has been sentenced to two years of internal exile in the city of Khosf, located about 740 kilometers south-east of the capital Tehran. Mohammadi’s supporters say that Mohammadi is on hunger strike since February 2. He was arrested in December at a ceremony to honor Khasro Alikordi, a 46-year-old Iranian lawyer and human rights activist who lives in Mashhad. Footage of the protest shows them shouting and demanding justice for Alicordi and others.

Released due to medical reasons
Months before his arrest in December, supporters had warned that Mohammadi, 53, was at risk of being sent back to jail in December 2024 after a three-week leave for medical reasons. Although this leave was only for three weeks, the period of Mohammadi’s release from jail was extended. She remained out of jail even during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June.

Mohammadi continued his activism through protests and international media appearances, including once demonstrating in front of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, where he was held. Mohammadi was serving a prison sentence of 13 years and 9 months on charges of collusion against state security and propaganda against the Iranian government.

Supported the demonstrations after the death of Mahsa Amini
She also supported the nationwide protests that broke out after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, in which women openly protested against the government by not wearing hijab. Mohammadi’s supporters say he suffered multiple heart attacks while in prison and underwent emergency surgery in 2022.

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Many countries of the world are struggling with crime, terrorism, starvation and economic crisis, but there is one country on this earth where there is almost no trace of crime. It sounds strange, but the Netherlands is actually a country in Europe where prisons remain empty and the government has to face new problems due to shortage of prisoners.

In the Netherlands, crime continued to decline over the past decade and this decline was so rapid that many prisons had to be closed. In the jails which had prisoners till 2013, by 2018 such a time came that in many jails there was not even a single criminal left. According to a report published by Telegraph UK in 2016, the Dutch Ministry of Justice had estimated that crime would decrease by about one percent every year and this estimate turned into reality. The country’s social system, people’s standard of living and reformist thinking towards criminals are considered to be the major contributors behind the reduction in crime.

If the jails become vacant then the government will face new problems

The closure of jails had a direct impact on the jail staff. Out of about two thousand employees, only a few people could be adjusted in other government jobs. The situation became so unique that to keep the prisons running, the Netherlands made an agreement in 2017 to import prisoners from Norway. This was a rare case of its kind in the world, where a country had to face the shortage of prisoners.

Why are there less prisoners? What is special in the Netherlands model?

The Netherlands paid more attention to reforming criminals rather than merely punishing them. The most effective solution for this was the electronic ankle monitor system. It is a small device, which is worn on the ankle and it keeps sending the location of the person to the police. If the person goes beyond any prescribed limit, an immediate warning is received. This technology greatly reduced the chances of repeating the crime. Apart from this, criminals are given facilities for education, training and work so that they can return to normal life. Due to this, crowding in jails does not increase and the society also remains safe.

Today there are less prisoners in the jails of Netherlands, more foreigners

The current situation is that in most of the jails of the country, there are very few prisoners and most of them are those who are serving sentences in cases related to other countries. It has now become very rare for crimes to be registered among the local people. This is the reason why many jails remain more than half empty.

Why the Netherlands model is an example for the world

Netherlands has shown that crime can be eliminated not only by strict laws, but also by social reforms and humanitarian approach. Here the police makes better use of technology, the administration is transparent and citizens get such facilities which automatically reduce the chances of crime.

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