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Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi in ICU in Tehran After Sentence Is Suspended for Medical Care

Her temporary release on bail leaves open the risk she is sent back to finish an 18-year term.

Overview

  • Mohammadi, who was moved on Sunday after a court suspended her sentence on bail, is now in a coronary intensive care unit at Pars Hospital in Tehran.
  • Her foundation says her life “hangs by a thread” and argues she needs ongoing specialist care outside prison, not a short hospital stay.
  • Iran’s Organization of Legal Medicine, a government-appointed panel of medical examiners, advised treatment outside prison, and the judiciary granted a provisional suspension without stating how long it will last.
  • The 54-year-old suffered a heart attack in March, lost consciousness on May 1, has a known lung blood clot that needs blood thinners, shows severe blood pressure swings, and has lost about 20 kilograms in custody.
  • On Tuesday, 113 Nobel laureates urged her unconditional release, citing her long record of detentions for peaceful activism and warning that hospital care does not resolve the danger she faces.