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Jailed Iranian Nobel winner Mohammadi moved to hospital in Tehran
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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been moved to a hospital in the capital, Tehran, and has been granted a suspension of her sentence on heavy bail, a foundation run by her family says.
Mohammadi, 54, won the prize in 2023 while in prison for a campaign to advance women’s rights and abolish the death penalty. She suffered a heart attack two weeks ago.
Her family had called for her to be transferred from Zanjan, northwest of Tehran, where she was serving her sentence and where she had been initially taken to the hospital, so that she could receive better medical care.
She is now at Tehran Pars Hospital for treatment by her own medical team after being transferred by ambulance, the Narges Mohammadi Foundation says in a statement.
Mohammadi was sentenced to a new prison term of seven and a half years, the foundation said in February. The Nobel committee at the time called on Tehran to free her immediately.
She was arrested in December after denouncing the death of a lawyer, Khosrow Alikordi. A prosecutor told reporters that she had made provocative remarks at Alikordi’s memorial ceremony.
The foundation gives no details of the bail arrangements or suspension of her sentence.
“However, a suspension is not enough,” it says. “Narges Mohammadi requires permanent, specialized care. We must ensure she never returns to prison.”
The Times of Israel Community.