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Narges Mohammadi

1972 - Today

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Narges Mohammadi (Persian: نرگس محمدی; born 21 April 1972) is an Iranian human rights activist. She is the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), headed by her fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi. Mohammadi has been a vocal proponent of mass feminist civil disobedience against the mandatory hijab in Iran and a vocal critic of hijab and chastity program of 2023. In May 2016, she was sentenced in Tehran to 16 years' imprisonment for "establishing and running the illegal splinter group Legam." She was released in 2020 but sent back to prison in 2021, where she has since given reports of the abuse and solitary confinement of detained women. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Narges Mohammadi is the 246th most popular social activist (down from 110th in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Iran (down from 119th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Narges Mohammadi ranks 246 out of 840. Before her are Vandana Shiva, Juliana of Stolberg, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, Huber Matos, Jan Gotlib Bloch, and David Riazanov. After her are Jean Ziegler, Abba Kovner, Kate Sheppard, Peter Nguyen Van Hung, Leymah Gbowee, and Edward Snowden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Narges Mohammadi ranks 47. Before her are Idris Elba, Priyanka Gandhi, Naftali Bennett, Rhea Seehorn, Josh Duhamel, and John Abraham. After her are Karl Nehammer, Tom Hooper, Leymah Gbowee, Karl Urban, Giovane Élber, and Mauricio Pochettino.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Narges Mohammadi ranks 218 out of 631. Before her are Mansour Bahrami (1956), Aga Khan I (1800), Ashraf Pahlavi (1919), Gotarzes I (-200), Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (838), and Gotarzes II of Parthia (10). After her are Phriapatius (-290), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), Shutruk-Nakhunte (-1300), Fazlollah Zahedi (1897), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), and Safi al-Din al-Urmawi (1216).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Narges Mohammadi ranks 4. Before her are Shirin Ebadi (1947), Babak Khorramdin (798), and Musa al-Sadr (1928). After her are Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Massoud Rajavi (1948), Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), and Zahra Eshraghi (1964).

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