Narges Mohammadi—Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, journalist, and author—was born in 1972, in Zanjan, Iran. For over two decades, Mohammadi has been one of the most courageous voices in Iranian civil society, campaigning against the death penalty and gender-based oppression. Her work focuses on challenging state violence, including executions, sexual abuse in detention, and the systematic legal discrimination against women. Having spent more than a decade of her life in prison, Mohammadi is currently serving a sentence of which18 years remain.