News Center- Noushin Jafari, one of the members of the “Iranian Mothers for Justice” and Narges Mohammadi’s former cellmate, was arrested and taken to the prosecutor’s office while attempting to visit Narges Mohammadi at hospital on Wednesday.

2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi announced the arrest of her former cellmate on Instagram.

Narges Mohammadi wrote, “On Wednesday, as I proceeded among numerous security forces, every step I took was closely monitored by military and security agents. Outside the room, where I was confined in the hospital, my former cellmate, Ms. Noushin Jafari, was arrested and taken to the prosecutor’s office, where she remained detained for several hours. One of the ‘mothers for justice’ members was promptly identified and threatened with detention & arrest when entering the hospital's vicinity. The security forces claimed that they had received orders from the prosecutor to apprehend anyone attempting to visit Narges.”