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Iranian human rights activist and Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi described in an interview being severely beaten by security forces, requiring two brain scans, and being held in solitary confinement for two months despite her injuries. She discussed her shifting sense of identity and the experience of being a mother while imprisoned, as well as her fears that a return to prison is always looming. Her account adds to mounting evidence of harsh treatment of political prisoners and activists in Iran.