Narges Mohammadi, Iranian Nobel Laureate, Is Hospitalized
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist, was hospitalized in Zanjan after collapsing and losing consciousness in prison.
- Despite her critical condition and requests from her family and lawyer, Iranian judicial authorities have refused to transfer her to a better-equipped hospital in Tehran.
- Mohammadi, aged 54, suffers from chronic heart problems, a lung embolism, and injuries from ill treatment in prison, including beatings by guards.
- Her family, living in exile, has expressed grave concern for her life and urgently called on Iranian authorities to allow her transfer to Tehran for specialized care.
- Iran’s mission to the United Nations declined to comment on her health situation.
