Iranian human rights activist: ‘Islamic Republic is living on borrowed time’
The husband of Narges Mohammadi says her family still hope they will be reunited
Taghi Rahmani, the husband of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, has told the ´óÏó´«Ã½ that ‘when you make human rights and freedom your ultimate goal, you end up paying a high price.’
Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is currently serving a ten year sentence in Iran’s Evin prison and was unable to collect the prestigious prize in Oslo. Instead it was accepted by her two children Kiana and Ali who have not seen their mother for eight years.
Asked by HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur whether he had believed the family could be reunited, Mr Rahmani said, ‘hopes and dreams keep human beings alive.’
‘But Narges has chosen a path, we have chosen a path, that our children have to understand.’
In awarding the prize, the Nobel committee said Narges Mohammadi had fought for women rights against systemic discrimination and oppression.
Mr Rahmani continued, ‘This [Iranian] regime cannot continue. It is in crisis. I believe that the Islamic Republic is living on borrowed time.’
‘The Islamic Republic has no successful development plan for Iran. And now they have concluded that they have to run the country in a totalitarian fashion,’ he said.