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We're coming to you live from London. I'm Paul Henley.

In Iran, security forces have arrested the winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, Nages-Mahamede.

She and several other people seized were attending a memorial service for a lawyer found dead in his office earlier this month.

Mohamedi, who spent more than 10 years in detention for her activism, had been granted temporary leave from prison and was in poor health.

Her brother, who lives in exile in Norway,

said she'd been beaten, held by her hair,

and dragged to the floor during her rearrest.

I've been speaking to Nages-Mohamedi's son, Ali Rammani,

who lives in France and did the interview in French, I asked him

first to tell me more about his mother's detention.

Two to three weeks ago, a lawyer named Kothro Alikordi was found dead in his office in Iran.

Unfortunately, he was found dead in extremely unclear circumstances. The victim's family

believes it may have been at the behest of the Islamic Republic of Iran. My mother and many other

activists, like those who were part of the group, were paying their last respects at a mosque

in his hometown. We know that, unfortunately, during the tributes, when my mother was about to speak,

the forces of the Islamic Republic, the repressive forces, began attacking simultaneously.

They attacked with tear gas and then there was a mass arrest of everyone present.

There are reports that she was violently arrested. Can you tell us any more about that?

Yes, that was violently arrested. Can you tell us any more about that?

Yes, that was a case. I want to clarify that it wasn't just her who was violently arrested.

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