Narges Mohammadi, winner of Prêmio Nobel from Paz in 2023, was transferred to a hospital in Zanjan province, northwest of Irã, following an acute deterioration in her health status. The 54-year-old activist, who is serving a sentence for her work in defense of human rights, presents a situation of serious clinical instability. Segundo family members, the measure was taken at the last minute by the prison authorities and may not be enough to guarantee their survival. The announcement of the hospitalization took place last Friday, amid reports of deprivation of specialized medical care during the last months of detention.
Comitê of Nobel and relatives of the Iranian woman have intensified calls for her to be immediately removed to a health facility in Teerã. The aim is to allow specialists who already follow your medical history to take over the treatment. Mohammadi has a critical history of pulmonary embolism and heart problems, having previously undergone angioplasty and stent placement procedures. The local hospital infrastructure in Zanjan is considered inadequate by the family to deal with such clinical complexity.
Estado’s health reaches critical level
Mohammadi’s situation has worsened significantly in the last 24 hours, according to a report from his brother, Hamidreza Mohammadi, who resides at Noruega. Ele reported that the activist’s blood pressure dropped sharply and that local doctors were still unable to stabilize the condition. Last month, Nobel of Paz was found unconscious by other inmates in Zanjan’s prison. At the time, the suspicion was that she had suffered an acute myocardial infarction, but external help was denied by the authorities for weeks.
The activist’s health history requires constant vigilance due to pre-existing diseases in the lungs and circulatory system.
- Queda severe blood pressure reported this Saturday.
- Suspeita of a heart attack that occurred in April inside the cell.
- Diagnóstico previous recurrent pulmonary embolism.
- Monitoring Necessidade for installed cardiac stents.
- Relatos of frequent fainting in a prison environment.
Fundação Narges Mohammadi described the hospital transfer as a desperate action after 140 days of arbitrary detention. The entity claims that the Iranian government systematically ignored medical recommendations for diagnostic tests and preventive hospitalization. International pressure grows as time passes without the transfer to the capital being authorized by the Irã judicial system.
Trajetória of convictions and militancy in Irã
Narges Mohammadi’s life has been marked by a cycle of arrests and harsh sentences due to his work against female oppression and the death penalty. In total, she has been detained 13 times by Iranian authorities throughout her public career. Suas convictions total more than 31 years in prison, in addition to the sentence of 154 lashes, a common method of punishment in the country’s penal system for crimes of opinion and national security. Mesmo in custody, the activist maintained her critical stance against the regime.
In 2021, Mohammadi began serving a 13-year sentence on charges of collusion against Estado’s security and propaganda against the government. At the end of 2024, she received temporary release for humanitarian reasons to deal with health problems while free. Entretanto, freedom was short. Após spoke at the memorial of another activist in Mashhad, she was arrested again in December last year, suffering physical attacks during the police approach, according to her lawyers.
International Pressão and risk of death
Comitê’s Nobel’s Paz boss, Jorgen Watne Frydnes, has publicly reinforced that Mohammadi’s life remains at imminent risk while she is in state custody. The committee believes that responsibility for any fatal development will lie with Teerã’s government. Organizações human rights groups around the world are monitoring the case, fearing that the delay in transferring it to a reference medical center will make the consequences irreversible. The isolation imposed on the activist in Zanjan also makes it difficult to obtain updated information about her response to medication.
Communication with the family has been severely limited since she was transferred to Zanjan without notice in February of this year. Antes Furthermore, a revolutionary court had added another seven and a half years to his total sentence for further acts of “agitation and propaganda.” Esse’s harsher sentence occurred while she was already undergoing medical treatment, which was interpreted by international observers as political retaliation.
The hospitalization of Zanjan is seen by the family as an attempt by Irã to avoid a death inside prison, which would generate popular outrage. However, without access to trusted experts at Teerã, current treatment is seen as palliative and insufficient. The mobilization around Narges Mohammadi’s case reflects the ongoing tension between civil rights defenders and the Iranian legal system, especially following the protests that have rocked the country in recent years.