by sporadic mass protests. narges has spent much of the last decade either in court or in prison, for campaigns against political repression, the death penalty and prison abuses. one of her fellow inmates in evin prison was the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe. she is a very lively, very kind, very generous woman who would make sure that everyone who comes to the general ward feels comfortable. when 22 year old mahsa amini died in police custody in september 2022, having been detained for violating the islamic dress code, a new protest movement led by women and girls confronted the regime. the slogan woman life freedom swept through iran and across the world. from her prison cell, narges mohammadi smuggled out messages of support and defiance. she speaks french narges mohammadi hasn t seen her teenage daughter and son for eight years. she calls that a pain that reaches to the marrow of her bones. they will accept the nobel peace prize on her behalf, a moment