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53-year-old Najez Mohammadi is widely known for her fight for women's rights and democracy in Iran.
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while she was incarcerated at Iran's notorious Evin prison.
A year ago, the Iranian authorities granted Mohammadi temporary leave from her 13-year sentence for health reasons.
She suffered multiple heart attacks in the past.
Mohammadi continued with her activism while out.
Her supporters say Mohammadi was at a memorial for a human rights lawyer when police re-arrested her.
It's unclear whether she will be returned to prison.
53-year-old Najez Mohammadi is widely known for her fight for women's rights and democracy in Iran.
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while she was incarcerated at Iran's notorious Evin prison.
A year ago, the Iranian authorities granted Mohammadi temporary leave from her 13-year sentence for health reasons.
She suffered multiple heart attacks in the past.
Mohammadi continued with her activism while out.
Her supporters say Mohammadi was at a memorial for a human rights lawyer when police re-arrested her.
It's unclear whether she will be returned to prison.
Well, the key sticking point is whether Iran should be allowed to enrich some uranium for civilian purposes, you know, and that's to run like power plants and for medical use. And there have been reports in recent days that the U.S. proposed a compromise whereby Iran could enrich low-grade uranium, but give up its stockpiles of higher enriched uranium, which could be used to make a nuclear weapon.
Well, the key sticking point is whether Iran should be allowed to enrich some uranium for civilian purposes, you know, and that's to run like power plants and for medical use. And there have been reports in recent days that the U.S. proposed a compromise whereby Iran could enrich low-grade uranium, but give up its stockpiles of higher enriched uranium, which could be used to make a nuclear weapon.
Well, the key sticking point is whether Iran should be allowed to enrich some uranium for civilian purposes, you know, and that's to run like power plants and for medical use. And there have been reports in recent days that the U.S. proposed a compromise whereby Iran could enrich low-grade uranium, but give up its stockpiles of higher enriched uranium, which could be used to make a nuclear weapon.
This proposal has not been made public, so NPR has not been able to independently verify it. But, you know, shortly after those reports came out, Trump posted on social media that there would be no enrichment in any deal with Iran. So it's really unclear where the U.S. is on this.