Calls grow over hospital care for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi
Summary
Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian human rights campaigner and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, is in poor health after being jailed in Iran. Her family and the Nobel Committee are calling for her to be moved to better medical care after her health worsened in prison.Key Facts
- Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her human rights work in Iran.
- She has been arrested 13 times and sentenced to over 30 years in prison and lashes.
- Mohammadi suffers from heart, lung, and blood pressure problems.
- In December 2024, she was temporarily released from prison on medical grounds but was later re-arrested.
- She was transferred to a local hospital after her health rapidly declined in prison.
- Mohammadi’s family says prison doctors cannot properly treat her, and she needs care in Tehran.
- The Nobel Peace Prize Committee says her life is at risk without better medical treatment.
- She was given an additional 7.5-year prison sentence in February 2025 for new charges related to her activism.
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