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Narges Mohammadi, a Nobel Prize laureate, was violently arrested in Mashhad, Iran, while attending a memorial ceremony for human rights lawyer Khosrow Alikordi.Her detention, confirmed by her husband Taghi Rahmani and lawyer Chirine Ardakani, occurred despite her being on medical furlough after surgery for a suspected cancerous lesion, with eight other activists also detained.Mohammadi's ongoing advocacy for women's rights and freedom, which has led to decades of imprisonment, could escalate tensions with Western nations as Iran seeks new negotiations with the United States.
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