Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Hospitalised In Iran, Supporters Say

Supporters of imprisoned Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi have reported that she has been hospitalised in Iran, raising fresh alarm over her health and detention conditions.

Mohammadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her decades-long campaign against Iran's compulsory hijab laws and the death penalty, has been serving a lengthy prison sentence and has previously been reported to have suffered serious health deterioration in custody.

Her supporters and advocacy networks outside Iran have repeatedly called for her release on humanitarian grounds, warning that continued imprisonment without adequate medical care poses a grave risk to her life. Iranian authorities have not issued an official statement in response to the latest hospitalisation reports.

The case has drawn sustained attention from international human rights organisations and Western governments, who have cited Mohammadi's imprisonment as emblematic of Iran's systematic suppression of dissent and civil liberties.