Previous imprisoned winners include a pacifist held in a Nazi concentration camp, a Chinese dissident and a Belarusian anti-regime rights campaigner

Despite having no prospect of release and enduring pain of separation from her family, Narges Mohammadi insists protest movement that erupted last year against regime still alive

Mohammadi honored 'for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all'

Dual citizen Nahid Taghavi, 68, barely able to move, says activist Narges Mohammadi, who is incarcerated alongside her at Tehran's Evin prison

One human rights campaigner has not seen her 16-year-old twins for seven years

Narges Mohammadi, held at Evin prison, has not seen her children for 7 years or her husband for a decade; new restrictions prevent her from speaking via phone to any family members

Advocacy group says regime is denying healthcare to Narges Mohammadi by withholding her medication after she was hospitalized

Rights group says Narges Mohammadi and Alieh Motalebzadeh were transferred to notorious Qarchak women's prison, which has long been derided for its conditions

Narges Mohammadi was arrested in November after she attended memorial for victim of violent 2019 protests, is accused of spying for Saudis

Amnesty International in July demanded Narges Mohammadi's release due to serious preexisting health condition, suspected COVID-19 symptoms