Nasrin Sotoudeh was abducted by the Iranian regime 25 days ago and is held in an unknown location

Omissions

• The exact number of days between arrest (April 1, 2026) and the speech (April 27, 2026) is 26 days, not 25, though this is a minor counting difference.
• The Sakharov Prize was awarded to Nasrin Sotoudeh in 2012 jointly with filmmaker Jafar Panahi.

Sources

• SecondaryThe GuardianNasrin Sotoudeh was arrested on April 1, 2026; activists accuse Iran's regime of crackdown on civil society as whereabouts are unknown
• SecondaryFront Line DefendersOn 1 April 2026, woman human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in Tehran by agents of Iranian Ministry of Intelligence
• SecondaryIranWireHer family has repeatedly gone to judicial authorities to ask about her condition and whereabouts, but they were previously told that Nasrin's location was undisclosed