Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi released from hospital
Her family and supporters said tests linked her heart and blood pressure problems to severe psychological pressure and stress in prison.
- On Sunday, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi returned to her Tehran home after 18 days of hospitalization, her family confirmed following her release on bail.
- Mohammadi had been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran on May 1 after losing consciousness, following significant health deterioration in custody.
- Tests confirmed her heart and blood pressure disorders are linked to "prolonged, severe psychological pressure, chronic anxiety, and intense environmental stress," the foundation stated she must not return to prison "under any circumstances."
- Daughter Kiana Rahmani emphasized that "her recovery demands strict medical supervision outside prison walls," warning "returning her to detention is a death sentence."
- Mohammadi still faces 18 years of accumulated security-related sentences, and supporters worry about the risk of re-incarceration for the 2023 Nobel laureate who has spent decades imprisoned.
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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi (54) has been discharged from hospital and sent home, her foundation reports. The human rights activist spent nearly three weeks in hospital because she was neglected in prison for months, her family writes. Mohammadi was transferred from prison to a hospital in Tehran this month. She has serious heart, lung, and blood pressure problems after suffering a heart attack in March. However, she was de…
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been released from a Tehran hospital and returned home, her family said, warning of the risks to her health if she were imprisoned again.
She was urgently transferred from the prison to a hospital after losing consciousness.
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