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Iran’s Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Moved to Tehran Hospital After Sentence Suspension on Bail

Supporters warn the temporary hospital stay falls short of urgent long‑term care or full release.

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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
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Mohammadi has spent much of the past two decades in and out of prison for her activism

Overview

  • Narges Mohammadi was transferred by ambulance to Tehran’s Pars Hospital on Sunday after a court suspended her sentence on heavy bail.
  • Her lawyer said Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization, a state medical body, determined she must receive treatment outside prison under her own doctors.
  • She remains in intensive cardiac care in Tehran, and her brother said Tuesday that doctors plan a week of tests, including angiography, before offering a prognosis.
  • Her family and foundation say the suspension is insufficient and demand she never return to prison and that all charges be dismissed.
  • International pressure intensified, with the Nobel Committee urging specialized care earlier and more than 110 Nobel laureates on Tuesday calling for her release, as Iranian authorities offered no immediate comment.