Politics Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate transferred to hospital in Tehran
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a hospital in Tehran, according to her foundation. Following a heart attack, the 54-year-old had been in intensive care for more than a week in a hospital in the city of Sandzhan in north-western Iran, where she was also imprisoned. Mohammadi was granted a suspension of her sentence on payment of a high bail, according to a statement from the foundation.
10.05.2026, 21:24
10.05.2026, 21:25
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Her transportation by ambulance has been completed and she is now in Tehran Pars Hospital, where she is being treated by her own team of doctors, it added. Her lawyer Mostafa Nili also confirmed the transfer to X. Mohammadi's husband Taghi Rahmani, who lives in Paris, had only reported on X on Saturday that the human rights activist's state of health was still critical. She had suffered a severe drop in blood pressure and was now finding it difficult even to speak, he wrote.
USA first demanded Mohammadi's release on Friday
Rahmani and other family members have long called for Mohammadi to be transferred to Tehran so that she can be treated there by her own specialists. The USA also called on Iran on Friday to release Mohammadi from prison immediately. She must receive the treatment she needs, the world is watching, wrote Riley Barnes, the top US State Department official responsible for human rights, on the X platform.
Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her work against the oppression of women and the death penalty in Iran. At the beginning of February, according to her lawyer, she was again sentenced to several years in prison for "conspiracy" and "propaganda activities"; she is also banned from leaving the country for two years.
