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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Croft

Imprisoned Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi rushed to hospital after ‘catastrophic deterioration of health’

  • Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was hospitalized in Iran after a severe deterioration of her health in prison.
  • Her family's foundation reported she suffered two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis.
  • Prison doctors deemed her condition unmanageable on-site, necessitating her urgent transfer to a hospital in Zanjan.
  • The Norwegian Nobel Committee had previously expressed concern about the worsening health of the Iranian human rights activist.
  • Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize while imprisoned, remains in an unstable condition, with calls for her transfer to a Tehran hospital for specialized treatment.

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