Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, imprisoned in Iran, has been transferred to a hospital in Tehran and has been granted a temporary suspension of her sentence on the condition of a substantial bail, a foundation run by her family announced Sunday.
Narges Mohammadi, 54, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while already imprisoned. The Nobel Committee praised her fight for women's rights and against the death penalty in Iran.
According to her foundation, the activist suffered a heart attack about two weeks ago. Her family had been demanding for several days that she be transferred from Zanjan prison in the northwest of the country so that she could receive specialized medical care in the Iranian capital.
The Narges Mohammadi Foundation said in a statement that the opposition figure was now being treated at Pars Hospital in Tehran by her own medical team after being transported by ambulance.
Last February, the foundation revealed that Narges Mohammadi had been sentenced to another seven and a half years in prison. This announcement came just weeks before the outbreak of the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran.
At the time, the Nobel committee called on the Iranian authorities to immediately release the activist, denouncing the continuation of her imprisonment despite her state of health and her international recognition.
A major figure in the defense of human rights in Iran, Narges Mohammadi has been arrested and sentenced several times in recent years because of her activism and criticism of the Iranian authorities.
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