Overview
- Government-appointed medical experts examined her for a second time this week after she was rushed from Zanjan prison to a local cardiac unit, yet no move to Tehran followed.
- Supporters say she suffered suspected heart attacks on March 24 and May 1 in Zanjan prison, and she has since remained under constant guard in the hospital.
- Her family reports dangerous blood-pressure swings, a pre-existing lung clot that needs blood thinners, and scant communication due to internet restrictions, and they say intelligence agencies have blocked a doctor-recommended transfer.
- The Nobel Committee urged an immediate transfer to her own medical team in Tehran, and Amnesty International said denying timely specialist care puts her life at risk and amounts to ill-treatment.
- Mohammadi, 54, a veteran campaigner for women’s rights who was arrested again in December, has sharply deteriorated with heavy weight loss and trouble speaking, and her twins in Paris have not seen her in over a decade.