Learn about Narges Mohammadi, recipient of the 2011 Per Anger prize to human rights defenders.

Narges Mohammadi winner of the Per Anger prize 2011. Photo by Narges Mohammadi Foundation/ AFP
Facts about Narges Mohammadi
“They came at ten o’clock at night. The police stormed in and arrested Narges in front of the children.” Narges Mohammadi’s husband Tagni Rahmani, living in exile in Paris, tells the story of the night when Narges was arrested and jailed."

