Iran: Jailed Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi Hospitalised

<p><em>Edited by: Louis Oelofse</em></p> <p>Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, who <span class="editable placeholder" data-id="67014246" data-size="NORMAL" data-type="LIVEBLOG">won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize</span>, was taken to hospital after her health deteriorated suddenly in prison, her lawyer and family said Friday.</p> <p>According to her family, Mohammadi, 54, suffered a heart attack in late March and has been in a weakened state since then, with the medical care in prison inadequate to her needs.</p> <p>Mohammadi received the Nobel prize for her activities promoting women's rights and opposing the death penalty &mdash; activities that have, however, caused Iranian authorities to imprison her several times.</p> <p>She is currently facing a new prison term of 7 1/2 years.</p> <h2>What do we know about Mohammadi's condition?</h2> <p>Her lawyer, Mostafa Nili, said she had long suffered from cardiac arrhythmia before her sudden collapse.</p> <p>"She had severe chest pain, and her condition then deteriorated critically," Nili wrote on X.</p> <p>The Narges Mohammadi Foundation, run by her family, said Friday that she was hospitalized "following a catastrophic deterioration of her health, including two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis."</p> <p>The foundation said her hospitalization came after prison doctors determined they could not manage her condition.</p> <p>It described the transfer as a "desperate, last-minute" measure that might come too late to address her critical health needs.</p> <p>Mohammadi has previously undergone three angioplasties, procedures used to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins.</p> <h2>Why is Mohammadi in prison?</h2> <p>Her family called for all charges against her "to be dropped immediately and for all sentences imposed for her peaceful human rights work to be unconditionally annulled."</p> <p>Mohammadi has been arrested and imprisoned many times over the past decades. She was first jailed in 1998 for criticizing the Iranian government.</p> <p>Her latest spell in prison comes after she was arrested in December for denouncing the death ​of human rights lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, who died in that month under circumstances considered suspicious by his family, colleagues and activists.</p> <p>Mohammadi was then accused by prosecutors of having made provocative remarks at Alikordi's memorial ceremony and of having urged those in attendance to vocally express their concerns.</p> <p>In February, she was sentenced to an additional six years in prison for conspiracy and 1 1/2 years for propaganda activities, her lawyer reported. She was also banned from leaving Iran for two years.</p>

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