Iran’s Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi May Have Had a Heart Attack
Her lawyers said she has chest pain, breathing difficulties and may have suffered a heart attack after prison doctors examined her.
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi may have suffered a heart attack in Zanjan Prison, according to French lawyer Chirinne Ardakani, who reported she was found unconscious for over an hour on March 24.
- Since her December arrest in Mashhad, Mohammadi has faced deteriorating health following a violent beating; her husband Taghi Rahmani told The Associated Press that multiple men kicked her in the head, neck, and side.
- Lawyers visiting on Sunday found Mohammadi pale and having lost significant weight, while Ardakani reported she experiences daily chest pain and breathing difficulties yet remains denied hospital transfer or cardiologist visits.
- Nobel Peace Prize officials previously condemned the "ongoing life-threatening mistreatment" of Mohammadi, while Ardakani expressed concern that Iranian authorities are seeking to "wear her down, slowly killing her.
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He is said to be very concerned, Taghi Rahmani, husband of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi. The 53-year-old Iranian activist is in Zanjan prison, in the north of the country, where he had a heart attack in his cell last week. The crisis would last for more than an hour and was found on his bunk, with his eyes upside down backwards. However, no one has taken her to the hospital. Only a few have managed to visit her last Sunday and repor…
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi presents “clear signs” of having suffered a heart attack in prison, according to the foundation that bears his name on his page. Therefore, the coalition formed for his release demands that he be granted an “immediate” medical permit to be released from prison, due to his “extremely delicate” state of health. According to this organization, Mohammadi’s legal and family team – Nobel Peace Prize 20…
Still in detention, the winning anti-regime activist in 2023, allegedly suffered a heart attack, announced on Tuesday 31 March a committee that is mobilizing for his release.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi is said to have suffered a heart attack in prison. Supporters report a critical condition and poor treatment. Despite acute symptoms, she was not taken to a hospital.
Imprisoned Nobel laureate Mohammadi may have had a heart attack
Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi may have suffered a heart attack, one of her lawyers said Tuesday. Two of Mohammadi’s lawyers and her sister visited her in Zanjan Prison in northwestern Iran on Sunday, her French lawyer, Chirinne Ardakani, told The Associated Press after being briefed by the two Iranian lawyers who went to the prison. “When my colleagues saw her, they were shocked because she was very pale and had l…
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