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Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Transferred to Tehran Hospital After Sentence Suspension

A government medical panel’s ruling forced a pause in her sentence for treatment under her own doctors.

Overview

  • Mohammadi, 54, was taken by ambulance to Tehran Pars Hospital on Sunday after authorities suspended her sentence on heavy bail.
  • Her lawyer said the order cited Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization, whose examiners said she must continue treatment outside prison under her own medical team.
  • Supporters described a severe decline that included suspected heart attacks on March 24 and May 1 in Zanjan and a collapse that led to a 10-day hospital stay there.
  • Her family and foundation called the suspension insufficient and urged permanent specialist care and that she never return to serve what they say are 18 years still pending.
  • She was arrested in December after denouncing the death of lawyer Khosrow Alikordi and later received a new 7½-year sentence, adding to years of prior convictions for her rights work.