A Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights advocate from Iran has been released from hospital care following treatment for a suspected heart attack, according to a family-operated foundation that announced the news Monday.
Narges Mohammadi, age 54, received the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while serving time behind bars for her work promoting women’s rights and fighting against capital punishment in Iran.
The activist received an additional prison sentence earlier this year in February, the foundation reported, during the period leading up to military conflict between the U.S. and Israel against Iran.
Medical emergency struck Mohammadi in late March when she experienced what doctors believed was a heart attack. Hospital treatment began a month afterward, starting at a medical facility in the northwestern city of Zanjan. Following a temporary halt to her prison sentence with significant bail requirements, she was moved to Tehran’s Pars Hospital for continued care.
“Her recovery demands strict medical supervision outside prison walls. Returning her to detention is a death sentence,” Mohammadi’s daughter, Kiana Rahmani, stated according to the foundation.
Officials from the foreign ministry did not provide an immediate response when asked for comment, and state-controlled media outlets have not covered the situation.
Mohammadi’s repeated imprisonments have drawn international concern. Her most recent arrest occurred in December following her public criticism regarding the death of lawyer Khosrow Alikordi. Legal officials told media representatives that she had made inflammatory statements during Alikordi’s memorial service.
The Nobel committee responded to her detention by demanding Tehran release her without delay.
“Narges Mohammadi was initially hospitalized in the CCU of Mousavi Hospital in Zanjan from May 1st to May 10th,” the foundation reported.
“After 150 days since her brutal arrest in Mashhad… following a temporary suspension of her sentence, she was transferred by an ambulance to the CCU of Pars Hospital in Tehran from May 10th to May 17th,” the foundation continued.
