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An Emirati patrol boat, left, is near a tanker anchored in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from a coastal road near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Ship is attacked near Strait of Hormuz as Iran reviews U.S. response to latest proposal

By Adam Schreck and Melanie Lidman and Cara Anna - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Narges Mohammadi Foundation shows Narges Mohammadi posing for a portrait in Tehran, Iran on Feb. 9, 2025. (Nooshin Jafari/Narges Mohammadi Foundation via AP)

Imprisoned Iranian rights lawyer Narges Mohammadi at ‘very high risk’ after health crisis

By Sarah El Deeb and Adam Schreck - Associated Press

A man stands in the water, appearing to fish, as bulk carriers, cargo ships, and service vessels line the horizon in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, April 27, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

U.S. warns shipping firms over paying Iran to transit the Strait of Hormuz

By Sarah El Deeb and Adam Schreck - Associated Press

This 2023 photo provided by Mehraveh Khandan shows, from left, Nima Khandan, Mehraveh Khandan, Nasrin Sotoudeh and Reza Khandan in their home in Tehran. (Courtesy Mehraveh Khandan via AP, File)

Leading Iranian human rights lawyer detained in Tehran, daughter says

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

A man inspect the wreckage of an Iranian missile that landed near the West Bank village of Marda, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Supporters say a Nobel Peace Prize laureate imprisoned in Iran may have suffered a heart attack

By Jon Gambrell, Mike Corder and Darlene Superville - Associated Press

Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is seen in a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

FILE - Leader of the Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen presents the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 to Ali, right, and Kiana Rahmani, for their mother, imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, in Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (Fredrik Varfjell/NTB via AP, File)

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iran threatens her life after its war with Israel

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi attends a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi gets 3-week reprieve from prison in Iran after surgery

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi attends a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Concerns grow for imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi’s health in Iran

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi attends a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate hospitalized with severe health issues

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Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi attends a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 27, 2007. A court in Iran has slapped imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi with an additional sentence of 15 months for allegedly spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic, her family said Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran sentences imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to an additional prison term

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Kiana Rahmani, right, and Ali Rahmani attend the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 in Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, Ali Rahmani and Kiana Rahmani are to accept this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. Mohammadi is renowned for campaigning for women’s rights and democracy in her country. (Javad Parsa/NTB via AP)

Children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi accept the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf

By Jari Tanner and James Brooks - Associated Press

Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, delegate of the Center for Human Rights Defenders, attends a press conference in the U.N. headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 9, 2008. A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, that the activist had started a hunger strike over the conditions of her imprisonment and the country's mandatory headscarf for women. (Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP, File)

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Iran

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FILE - The 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature medal presented to Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian-born novelist and emeritus professor who lives in the UK, is displayed before a ceremony to present to him at the Swedish Ambassador's Residence in London, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. The start of October is when the Nobel committees get together in Stockholm and Oslo to announce the winners of the yearly awards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting women’s oppression

By Jon Gambrell, John Leicester and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Iranian Narges Mohammadi, delegate of the Center for Human Rights Defenders, listens to a question during a press conference on the Assessment of the Human Rights Situation in Iran, at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 9, 2008. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Narges Mohammadi for fighting oppression of women in Iran. The chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the prize Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 in Oslo. (Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP, File)

Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Iranian women 20 years apart trace tensions with the West

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Demonstrators rally at the National Mall in Washington to protest against the Iranian regime, Oct. 22, 2022, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Islamic republic's notorious "morality police." The United Nations announced Tuesday, May 2, 2023, that its premiere prize for press freedom has been awarded to three imprisoned Iranian women journalists. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

3 imprisoned Iranian female journalists win U.N. World Press Freedom Prize

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Iran frees rights activist after more than 8 years in prison

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