Narges Mohammadi, 54, the Iranian human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was hospitalized following a sudden health crisis while serving a prison term in Iran [1]. She suffered a heart attack in late March and endured two episodes of complete loss of consciousness due to a severe cardiac crisis [1]. Mostafa Nili, Mohammadi's lawyer, said, "She had severe chest pain, and her condition then deteriorated critically" during her hospitalization [1].
Mohammadi has a history of cardiac arrhythmia and had undergone three angioplasties before this current health emergency [1]. Prison doctors transferred her to a hospital after determining the medical care within the prison was inadequate to address her severe cardiac condition [1]. The Narges Mohammadi Foundation described the transfer as a "desperate, last-minute measure that might come too late" given the severity of her symptoms [1].
She is currently serving a 7.5-year prison sentence, including 6 years for conspiracy and 1.5 years for propaganda activities, handed down in February 2026 [1]. This term followed her arrest in December 2025, after she criticized the suspicious death of human rights lawyer Khosrow Alikordi and urged public outcry at his memorial [1]. Alongside her prison sentence, Mohammadi is banned from leaving Iran for two years [1].
Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her efforts promoting women’s rights and opposing the death penalty [1]. Her family has called for the immediate dropping of all charges and annulment of sentences related to her peaceful human rights work [1].
The ongoing hospitalization came after weeks of critical cardiac events in prison, with her condition sharply declining before her transfer to medical care on May 1 [1]. Authorities have not disclosed further details about her current treatment or prognosis.