Calls grow for hospital care for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi

Relatives of jailed Iranian human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi and the Nobel Peace Prize Committee are calling for her to be moved to adequate medical care after what they describe as a sharp deterioration in her health.

Her family said on Friday that the 54-year-old had been taken from prison in north-west Iran to a local hospital.

Her brother later said her blood pressure had dropped sharply and that doctors had not been able to stabilise it.

The Narges Mohammadi Foundation, run by her family, said she was transferred to a hospital in Zanjan province after a "catastrophic deterioration" in her condition.

Hamidreza Mohammadi said she should be moved to Tehran so her own specialists could take over her care.

The case has drawn attention because Mohammadi is one of Iran's best-known rights campaigners and won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel committee's chair, Jorgen Watne Frydnes, said her life remained at risk.

Her family said she had previously been found unconscious by fellow inmates at Zanjan Prison after a suspected heart attack.

They said prison officials had refused to transfer her earlier despite a history of cardiac, lung and blood pressure problems.

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