ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Nobel Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was rearrested while attending a memorial event in Iran’s Mashhad, a year after obtaining temporary release from the notorious Evin Prison, her foundation reported on Friday.

“The Narges Foundation has received credible information that Narges Mohammadi was violently detained by security and police forces during the seventh-day memorial ceremony for Khosrow Alikordi,” read the Foundation statement.

Alikordi was an Iranian human rights lawyer who died under unclear circumstances in his office at the age of 46, which prompted fellow lawyers and activists to blame the death on Tehran.

Alongside Mohammadi, several other human rights activists were also arrested at the scene, whose families “have confirmed their arrests,” the statement added, with the foundation calling for their “immediate and unconditional release.”

Iranian state media and authorities have not yet commented on her arrest.

Mohammadi has been arrested over a dozen times by Iranian authorities and has been sentenced to more than 36 years in prison on charges related to threatening national security and spreading propaganda against the state.

Her most recent arrest was in 2016, where she was sentenced to serve more than 30 years in Evin on multiple charges. She was temporarily released in early December 2024 for three weeks to recover from medical operation to remove a benign tumor. She was expected to return to prison and complete her prison sentence following that period.

Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her activism in support of women’s rights in Iran and against gender-based oppression.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee expressed concern over the arrest in a statement, calling on Iranian authorities to “immediately clarify Mohammadi’s whereabouts, ensure her safety and integrity, and to release her without conditions.”

The committee linked the activist’s arrest to the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to the Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, “given the close collaboration between the regimes in Iran and Venezuela.”

Mohammadi had recently criticized Tehran for intensifying repression since the end of the 12-day war with Israel in June, as the country has arrested thousands and executed hundreds on charges of espionage, treason, and posing a threat to national security.

In July, the Nobel Committee expressed concern over “reports of serious threats against Narges Mohammadi,” stating that she had received direct and indirect threats of “physical elimination” by “agents of the regime.”