Iranian Nobel laureate suffered suspected heart attack in prison, family says
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“Iranian Nobel laureate suffered suspected heart attack in prison, family says”
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“Hamidreza Mohammadi, who is based in Norway, told the BBC that the 53-year-old human rights activist was found unconscious in her bed by fellow inmates at Zanjan Prison last week.”
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“She was taken to the prison infirmary but officials refused to transfer her to a hospital despite her history of heart and lung problems, he said.”
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“She also suffers from severe blood pressure fluctuations.”
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“Strikes and explosions near the prison since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran a month ago had only added to her stress.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“In December 2024, she was given a temporary release from Tehran's notorious Evin prison on medical grounds.”
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“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.”
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“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).”
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“In early February, Mohammadi was sentenced by a Revolutionary Court in Mashhad to an additional seven and a half years in prison after being convicted of 'gathering and collusion' and 'propaganda activities', her lawyer said.”
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“She was transferred without warning the following week to Zanjan prison and has been allowed only limited communication with her family since then.”
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“Last Sunday, her legal team and one family member were allowed to visit her in prison under heightened surveillance.”
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“The Free Narges Coalition said in a statement on Tuesday that 'her general health was extremely poor, and she appeared pale and weak with significant weight loss when brought to the visitation room by a prison nurse'.”
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“It then cited Mohammadi's cellmates as saying that on 24 March she 'was found unconscious in her bed, with her eyes rolled back', and that this lasted more than an hour. She was carried to the prison infirmary by fellow inmates, where medication was administered to restore her consciousness, it added.”
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“Despite this medical emergency, and evident indications of a heart attack, authorities refused to transfer Mohammadi to a hospital or allow her to visit a specialist.”
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“Mohammadi also reported that she had suffered debilitating headaches, nausea, double vision since her violent arrest, and that bruises were still visible on her body, according to the coalition.”
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“Narges Mohammadi has a documented history of heart and lung problems.”
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