Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalized after health crisis in prison
Summary
Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner and prisoner, was urgently moved from prison to a hospital after her health worsened significantly. She had fainted twice and suffered a serious heart problem, with reports of medical neglect during her imprisonment.Key Facts
- Narges Mohammadi is an Iranian rights lawyer who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while in prison.
- She was arrested in December 2023 and sentenced to seven more years in prison.
- Mohammadi fainted twice in prison due to severe health issues, including a cardiac crisis.
- She was transferred to a hospital in northwestern Iran after 140 days of alleged medical neglect in prison.
- Her family and lawyers reported she had a probable heart attack in late March but was initially denied hospital care.
- Prison officials and prosecutors have limited her access to specialized medical treatment.
- The Nobel committee condemned the treatment she has received as life-threatening mistreatment.
- Mohammadi had been serving a previous long prison sentence before her December arrest.
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