The head of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Jurgen Watney Friedness, on Saturday called on the Iranian authorities to hand over the human rights activist, Narges Mohammadi, who won the award, to her specialized medical team to receive urgent treatment, warning that her life is still in danger after her health condition has seriously deteriorated, according to what was reported by her family and lawyers.
Published on: 05/02/2026 - 19:23 Last updated: 05/03/2026 - 11:55
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The head of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee said on Saturday that he calls on the Iranian authorities to hand over Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to her specialized medical team to receive urgent treatment, as her life is still in danger.
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The health of Mohammadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for campaigning for human rights in Iran in 2023, had “seriously deteriorated,” Jorgen Watney-Friedness said, citing her family and lawyer.
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was hospitalized in Iran, according to what her supporters reported, “after a sharp deterioration in her health.” Mohammadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 in recognition of more than two decades of human rights struggle, was arrested in December in the eastern city of Mashhad after criticizing the Iranian religious authorities.
Her supporters warned for months of her deteriorating health, and reported in late March that she might have suffered a heart attack, but she had not received adequate medical care. In a statement from her foundation on Friday, they said that she was “hurriedly transferred to a hospital in Zanjan today” after a rapid deterioration in her health condition, represented by “two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe heart attack.” They added that her family described the move as a “last-minute measure” that may be too late.
Her lawyer, Mustafa Nili, wrote on the X platform that Mohammadi initially refused to transfer her to the hospital after she fainted for the first time due to a sudden drop in blood pressure, due to previous warnings from doctors that Zanjan Hospital was not qualified to treat her. But she was taken to the hospital after a second fainting and her health condition deteriorated.
Neely added: “According to the neurologist, despite her serious heart problems, treating her neurological condition is a medical priority at the present time.”
Mohammadi was arrested on December 12 in Mashhad (east) after criticizing the Iranian authorities during a funeral. In February, she was transferred to Zanjan prison, and was allowed only very limited contact with her family.
Zanjan was bombed during the Israeli-American war on Iran, which began on February 28. In the same month, she was sentenced to an additional six years in prison on charges of endangering national security, and a year and a half on charges of propaganda against the Islamic regime in Iran. She then began a hunger strike for a week to demand her right to use the phone.
France 24/Reuters/AFP
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