Jailed Iran Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi transferred to hospital after medical crisis

Nobel Peace laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a Tehran hospital more than a week after collapsing in prison, her foundation said on Sunday.

Her transfer comes after days of pleading by her family and others who described her condition as critical. Her foundation said she has been granted a prison sentence suspension on bail. It was not clear for how long her sentence is suspended, the foundation said.

Mohammadi had been imprisoned since December in Zanjan prison. She lost consciousness twice and was transferred to a local hospital on May 1.

A statement from her foundation said the suspended sentence is not enough and that Mohammadi needs “permanent, specialised care”.

The statement added that “we must ensure she never returns to prison to face the 18 years remaining on her sentence. Now is the time to demand her unconditional freedom and the dismissal of all charges.”

Mohammadi’s Iran-based lawyer Mostafa Nili said on social media that the transfer order was issued following the decision of the Legal Medicine Organisation – government-appointed medical examiners – “which stated that, due to her multiple illnesses, she needs to continue treatment outside prison and under the supervision of her own medical team”.