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Iran transfers jailed Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to Tehran hospital

newsMay 11, 202634571

Narges Mohammadi, the 54-year-old Iranian Nobel Peace laureate, was transferred from Zanjan prison to a Tehran hospital after collapsing and a sharp deterioration in her health, her foundation and family said. Iranian authorities granted Mohammadi temporary bail so she could receive medical treatment following days of pleas from relatives and supporters. Mohammadi has been imprisoned for her human rights activism, and her hospitalization underscores concern about prison healthcare in Iran and may intensify calls to drop charges and release her.

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