Jailed Iranian Nobel prize winner Narges Mohammadi ‘between life and death’
The Guardian • • world
Key Points:
- Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi is critically ill after being hospitalized under guard for five days due to a heart condition, with supporters describing her condition as "between life and death."
- Mohammadi, 54, has suffered two suspected heart attacks while imprisoned in Zanjan, northern Iran, and her health has severely deteriorated, including significant weight loss and difficulty speaking.
- Despite calls from her supporters for her transfer to Tehran for specialized treatment by her personal medical team, Mohammadi remains in Zanjan under constant guard.
- Her Paris-based lawyer and support groups are urging international intervention, including stronger action from French President Emmanuel Macron and the French foreign ministry.
- Mohammadi has been imprisoned multiple times over two decades for her activism and was most recently arrested in December after publicly criticizing the Iranian regime.
