Narges Mohammadi is in her Tehran apartment on January 16, 2025. Nooshin Jafari/Middle East Pictures/AFP/Getty Images/Archive
Over 100 Nobel laureates have expressed in a letter that Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, recently released on bail and moved to a hospital in Tehran, may suffer “irreversible harm” if authorities persist in postponing essential medical treatment.
Around 113 signatories demanded the “immediate unconditional release” and the “dismissal of all unjust charges” against 54-year-old Mohammadi, who received the Nobel in 2023 for her “struggle against the oppression of women in Iran.”
According to a statement issued by the Nobel laureates on Tuesday, Mohammadi has exhibited “significant weight loss,” “unsteady blood pressure,” and “serious heart-related symptoms” in recent days. “The refusal of this treatment puts her in danger of permanent injury,” the statement continued.
“A regime that prefers to harm her body instead of granting her freedom reveals to the world what authoritarians dread the most: women who voice the truth and won’t be silenced,” stated Nobel laureate and Filipino-American journalist, Maria Ressa.
A political prisoner of distinction, Mohammadi has devoted years to advocating for the right to assemble in Iran. The Iranian government has often imprisoned and held her. According to the Narges Mohammadi Foundation, she has received a sentence of over 44 years in prison and 154 lashes throughout her life.
Xenix News reporting was contributed by Jomana Karadsheh and Max Saltman.
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