Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation says
Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been hospitalized in Iran following a severe cardiac crisis and multiple episodes of unconsciousness, according to her foundation. The activist, who has been imprisoned for her human rights work, has faced a catastrophic deterioration in her health while in custody. 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.
- ▪She has undergone three angioplasty procedures and her foundation says her health condition could not be managed in prison.
- ▪The Norwegian Nobel Committee has expressed concern over her worsening condition and previously called for her release.
- ▪Mohammadi was sentenced to an additional 7.5 years in prison in February 2024 after being arrested for remarks at a memorial ceremony.
- ▪Her family demands that all charges related to her peaceful human rights activities be dropped immediately.
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Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation saysSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxFILE PHOTO: A 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, in Oslo, Norway December 10, 2023. NTB/Javad Parsa via REUTERS/File PhotoPublished May 02, 2026, 02:49 PMUpdated May 02, 2026, 02:54 PMListenMay 2 - Nobel 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 Thursday that…
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