Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 'critical' condition after heart attack
Following the heart attack, Mohammadi was unconscious without anyone resuscitating her for over an hour
Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate is in 'critical' condition after a heart attack.
Narges Mohammadi's family and lawyers visited her in Zanjan prison twice in the last month, a statement by the Narges Mohammadi Foundation said on X Wednesday, finding that her health condition was dire.
She is weak, pale and has lost weight, said the statement.
The report comes after Mohammadi had a heart attack in the prison on March 24, according to a cardiologist she saw soon after, according to the statement.
The Free Narges Coalition is gravely concerned regarding the well-being and denial of independent medical care for Narges Mohammadi, based on recent reports received from Iran. On 29 March–after weeks of persistent follow-up and despite the compounded difficulties amid the armed… pic.twitter.com/Os97hMfqaW
— Narges Mohammadi | نرگس محمدی (@nargesfnd) March 31, 2026
The statement said that following the heart attack, Mohammadi was unconscious without anyone resuscitating her for over an hour.
Mohammadi is a human rights lawyer who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while in prison. She was arrested in December during a visit to the eastern Iranian city of Mashhad and sentenced to seven more years in prison.
