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The regime arrested a Nobel Peace Prize winner at a Friday funeral for another human rights activist.

The ship was boarded on the Indian Ocean a month ago, with military equipment being seized, officials revealed to the Wall Street Journal.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday.

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18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were on board

Supporters said she was “violently detained earlier today by security and police forces.”

Supporters said she was “violently detained earlier today by security and police forces.”

Supporters said she was “violently detained earlier today by security and police forces.”

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The human rights activist was released on furlough from prison last year, but was detained again on Friday, along with several other human rights activists.

Mohammadi's relative tells TIME the Nobel Peace Prize laureate was "was dragged through the crowd and forced into a car by security agents."

The women's rights activist, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, was arrested by Iranian security services at a memorial, her supporters say.

Mohammadi ‘violently’ detained along with other activists at memorial event in Mashhad, her foundation says

Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was violently arrested in Iran along with eight other activists at a memorial ceremony, her supporters report.

Rights groups say Mohammadi, who won 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, was detained at ceremony in northeastern city of Mashhad.

Arresting Mohammadi may spark increased pressure from the West at a time when Iran repeatedly signals it wants new negotiations with the U.S. over its nuclear program.

Mohammadi, 53, who was last arrested in November 2021, has spent much of the past decade behind bars.

Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday. A foundation in her name said she was detained at a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently found dead under disputed circumstances. There was…