“She also suffers from severe blood pressure fluctuations.”

“Narges Mohammadi, the vice-president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her activism against female oppression in Iran and promoting human rights.”

“She has spent more than a decade of her life in prison. In 2021, she began serving a 13-year sentence on charges of committing 'propaganda activity against the state' and 'collusion against state security', which she denied.”

“In December 2024, she was given a temporary release from Tehran's notorious Evin prison on medical grounds.”

“She continued campaigning while undergoing treatment and was arrested in the north-eastern city of Mashhad last December after giving a speech at the memorial ceremony of a fellow human rights activist. Her family said she was taken to hospital after being beaten on the head and neck during the arrest.”

“A few weeks later protests against Iran's clerical establishment swept across the country. At least 6,508 protesters were killed and 53,000 others arrested in an unprecedented crackdown by security forces on the unrest, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).”