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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalized after health crisis in prison

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17 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran”
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Multiple independent sources (AOL/AP, Euronews, India Today) confirm Narges Mohammadi was urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran due to deteriorating health.
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web search NEUTRAL — BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after a “catastrophic deterioration” of her hea…
https://www.aol.com/articles/iranian-nobel-laureate-narges-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Narges Mohammadi was detained on the sidelines of a protest rally in the city of Mashhad a few weeks before the nationwide anti-government demonstrations January kicked off. She was subsequently trans…
https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/02/iranian-nobel-laureate-n…
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web search NEUTRAL — Narges Mohammadi was moved to a prison in north-west Iran after being handed an additional seven-year sentence (file photo).
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj7xye8knxo
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“The Narges Mohammadi Foundation said the Nobel Prize laureate had two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis.”
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The claim regarding two episodes of loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis is reported by multiple sources citing the Narges Mohammadi Foundation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalised as health deteriorates Mohammadi has lost consciousness twice and suffered a severe cardiac crisis, her foundation has announced.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/1/iranian-nobel-laurea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Narges Mohammadi, 53, experienced a severe cardiac crisis and two episodes of complete unconsciousness while imprisoned in Zanjan, prompting her urgent transfer to hospital.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/insight/narges-mohammadi-hosp…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Narges Mohammadi Foundation said the Nobel Prize laureate had two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis. Earlier Friday, Mohammadi had fainted twice in prison in Z…
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/iranian-nobel-la…
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“Mohammadi had fainted twice in prison in Zanjan in northwestern Iran”
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Multiple sources confirm she fainted twice while in prison in Zanjan, northwestern Iran.
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web search NEUTRAL — Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was moved from Zanjan prison to a hospital after fainting twice and suffering a severe cardiac crisis. Her family and foundation say the transfer…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/narges-mohammadi-hospi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Narges Mohammadi (Persian: نرگس محمدی; born 21 April 1972) is an Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She has been imprisoned in Iran for several periods since 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narges_Mohammadi
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web search NEUTRAL — The Narges Mohammadi Foundation said the Nobel Prize laureate had two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis. Earlier Friday, Mohammadi had fainted twice in prison in Z…
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/iranian-nobel-la…
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“She was believed to have suffered a heart attack in late March”
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AOL and CBC News both report that she was believed to have suffered a heart attack (or suspected heart attack) in late March.
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web search NEUTRAL — She was believed to have suffered a heart attack in late March, according to her lawyers who visited her a few days after the incident.On March 24, Narges Mohammadi’s fellow inmates found her unconsci…
https://www.aol.com/articles/iranian-nobel-laureate-narges-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi is in hospital after suffering a "cardiac crisis" in prison, her family says. Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy of women's rights and freedom.
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-jailed-nobel-winner-narges-mohamm…
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web search NEUTRAL — She suffered a suspected heart attack in late March and was taken to a hospital in northwestern Iran on May 1 amid rapidly deteriorating health, her family has said. "She is suffering from terrible he…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-nobel-laureate-narges-moh…
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“the hospital transfer comes “after 140 days of systematic medical neglect,” since her arrest on Dec. 12”
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Multiple sources (Al Jazeera, BBC) report her arrest in December, though some dates in the search results (e.g., 2025) appear to be typos in the source metadata; however, the event of the December arrest is consistently reported.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Narges Mohammadi (Persian: نرگس محمدی; born 21 April 1972) is an Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She has been imprisoned in Iran for several periods since 2016. She is ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narges_Mohammadi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sharifeh Mohammadi (Persian: شریفه محمّدی) is an Iranian social activist and political prisoner sentenced to death in Iran. She was arrested in December 2023 and on 4 July 2024 was sentenced to death …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharifeh_Mohammadi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — White Torture is a 2022 non-fiction book by Iran human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, featuring interviews with 14 Iranian women prisoners who were subjected to human rights violations during their…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Torture_(book)
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“Mohammadi’s brother Hamidreza Mohammadi, who lives in Oslo, Norway”
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Three independent web results confirm that Hamidreza Mohammadi is her brother and resides in Oslo, Norway.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mohammadi’s brother Hamidreza Mohammadi, who lives in Oslo, Norway, said in an audio message shared with The Associated Press by the foundation that her family is “fighting for her life.”
https://wtop.com/world/2026/05/iranian-nobel-laureate-narges…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mohammadi’s brother Hamidreza Mohammadi, who lives in Oslo, Norway, said in an audio message shared with The Associated Press by the foundation that her family is “fighting for her life.”
https://islamabadpost.com.pk/jailed-iranian-nobel-winner-moh…
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web search NEUTRAL — Her brother Hamidreza Mohammadi, who resides in Oslo, has expressed fear that the authorities use her medical issues as a tool to silence dissent. He criticized the intelligence agency's control over …
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3899000-narge…
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“On March 24, Narges Mohammadi’s fellow inmates found her unconscious”
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BBC News and AOL report that fellow inmates found her unconscious on March 24.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Narges Mohammadi (Persian: نرگس محمدی; born 21 April 1972) is an Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She has been imprisoned in Iran for several periods since 2016. She is ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narges_Mohammadi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taghi Rahmani (Persian: تقی رحمانی; born 1959) is an Iranian journalist, writer and nationalist-religious activist. Shireen Hunter describes Rahmani as "a contemporary Iranian intellectual and author …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taghi_Rahmani
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — White Torture is a 2022 non-fiction book by Iran human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, featuring interviews with 14 Iranian women prisoners who were subjected to human rights violations during their…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Torture_(book)
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“Mohammadi, 53, a rights lawyer who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while in prison”
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Wikipedia confirms she is a human rights activist born in 1972 (making her 52-53), won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, and was imprisoned at the time.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Narges Mohammadi (Persian: نرگس محمدی; born 21 April 1972) is an Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She has been imprisoned in Iran for several periods since 2016. She is ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narges_Mohammadi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi (born 1972) "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Nobel_Peace_Prize
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Nobel Peace Prize annually "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of stand…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_Peace_Prize_laur…
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“was arrested in December during a visit to the eastern Iranian city of Mashhad and sentenced to seven more years in prison.”
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While the 'evidence' section for claim 8 specifically said 'No evidence found', the evidence for claim 0 and 4 mentions she was detained in Mashhad and handed further prison sentences of seven-and-a-half years by an Iranian court.
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“her health was worsening in prison, in part because of a beating she endured during her arrest in December. He said multiple men hit and kicked her in her side, head and neck.”
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No specific evidence in the provided search results describes the details of a beating (hitting and kicking in the side, head, and neck) during her December arrest.
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“The Nobel committee condemned the “ongoing life-threatening mistreatment” of Mohammadi in a statement in February.”
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“Prior to her arrest Dec. 12, Mohammadi had already been serving a sentence of 13 years and nine months on charges of collusion against state security and propaganda against Iran’s government”
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“had been released on furlough since late 2024 over medical concerns.”
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“In February, a Revolutionary Court in Mashhad sentenced Mohammadi to an additional seven years.”
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“Mohammadi suffered multiple heart attacks while imprisoned before undergoing emergency surgery in 2022”
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“In 2023, Mohammadi became the fifth laureate to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while in prison”
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“issuing boycott calls for the 2024 election that President Masoud Pezeshkian won.”
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