Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after ‘cardiac crisis’, foundation says

Summary

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi was hospitalized after a severe cardiac crisis in prison, with her condition described as unstable and requiring specialized care in Tehran.

Key Points
  • Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, suffered a severe cardiac crisis in prison and was urgently transferred to a hospital in Zanjan, Iran.
  • She remains in an unstable condition, receiving oxygen, with calls for her transfer to Tehran for specialized treatment.
  • Mohammadi was serving a 7.5-year prison sentence for her human rights activism advocating for women's rights and abolition of the death penalty.
  • Her family and the Nobel committee demand the immediate dropping of all charges and annulment of sentences related to her peaceful activism.
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