Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after ‘cardiac crisis’, foundation says
Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was hospitalized in Iran following a cardiac crisis and severe health deterioration, according to her foundation. The activist, who has been imprisoned for her human rights work, suffered multiple episodes of unconsciousness and dangerously high blood pressure. Her family and the Norwegian Nobel Committee have expressed urgent concern over her condition and called for her immediate release.
- ▪Narges Mohammadi was urgently transferred to a hospital in Zanjan due to a severe cardiac crisis and loss of consciousness.
- ▪The Narges Mohammadi Foundation stated that prison doctors determined her condition could not be managed on-site despite prior recommendations for specialized care in Tehran.
- ▪Mohammadi has undergone three angioplasty procedures and faces a direct threat to her life, with her family demanding all charges be dropped.
- ▪The Norwegian Nobel Committee expressed concern over her worsening condition after she reportedly suffered a heart attack in prison.
- ▪Mohammadi was sentenced to an additional 7½ years in prison in February 2026, following her arrest for remarks at a memorial ceremony in Mashhad.
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Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after ‘cardiac crisis’, foundation says Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxA picture of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on the wall of the Grand Hotel in central Oslo before the Nobel banquet, in connection with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 on Dec 10, 2023.PHOTO: REUTERSPublished May 02, 2026, 02:49 PMUpdated May 02, 2026, 03:19 PMListenNobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was in an Iranian hospital after a “catastrophic deterioration of her health”, including a “cardiac crisis”, a foundation run by her family said.The secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awarded Mohammadi the 2023 prize, expressed concern on April 30 that the condition of the Iranian human rights activist was…
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