{"id":436,"date":"2026-05-10T22:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2026-05-16T01:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:51:49","slug":"iran-releases-nobel-laureate-narges-mohammadi-on-bail-amid-health-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=436","title":{"rendered":"Iran releases Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi on bail amid health fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-tms-ad-status=\"idle\" data-tms-ad-container class=\"o-ad-container o-ad-container--banner-top o-ad-container--with-shimmer o-ad-container--with-background\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-container__content o-ad-container__content--report-enabled\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-container__label m-block-ad__label--report-enabled\">\n                    <span class=\"o-ad-container__label__text\">Advertising<\/span><br \/>\n                                            <button title=\"Report this ad\" class=\"o-ad-container__content__report-link\" data-tms-ad-report><br \/>\n                        <\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-ad-sponsoring\" data-tms-ad-type=\"sponsoring\" data-tms-ad-status=\"disabled\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-sponsoring__wrapper\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content t-content--article\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__above-sidebar\">\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">Iran releases Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi on bail amid health fears<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"t-content__chapo\">\n                                        Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been released on bail and transferred to Tehran for urgent medical treatment after supporters warned she was at risk of dying in prison. The activist, jailed for campaigning against Iran&#8217;s clerical system, reportedly suffered two suspected heart attacks in custody.                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<div class=\"t-content__metadata\">\n<div class=\"t-content__dates\">\n<p class=\"m-pub-dates\"><span class=\"m-pub-dates__date\">Issued on: <time datetime=\"2026-05-10T22:32:05+00:00\">11\/05\/2026 &#8211; 00:32<\/time><\/span><span class=\"m-pub-dates__date\">Modified: <time datetime=\"2026-05-11T12:48:10+00:00\">11\/05\/2026 &#8211; 14:48<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-reading-time\">\n    <span class=\"a-reading-time__icon\" title=\"Reading time\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/span><br \/>\n    2 min    <span class=\"u-sr-only\">Reading time<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-share-button\" data-root-share>\n<p>                            <span class=\"a-master-button__label\">Share<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__authors\">\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                By:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author\">\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/author\/france-24\/\" title=\"FRANCE 24\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                FRANCE 24<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                Video by:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author\">\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/nicholas-rushworth\/\" title=\"Nicholas RUSHWORTH\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                Nicholas RUSHWORTH<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__main-media\" data-media-video-bfcd5623-64ec-4468-9610-19eb54a035a7 data-wrapper-video-player data-show-hidden-video-player=\"BFCD5623-64EC-4468-9610-19EB54A035A7\" data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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Narges must never be returned to the conditions that broke her health,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Her foundation said Mohammadi needed specialised care and added that &#8220;we must ensure she never returns to prison to face the 18 years remaining on her sentence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Her Iranian lawyer Mostafa Nili, writing on X, confirmed she had been transferred to Tehran earlier Sunday &#8220;following an order halting her sentence for medical treatment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Unrecognisable&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Mohammadi, 54, who has spent much of the past two decades in and out of prison for her activism, was arrested most recently in December after denouncing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/islam\/\" target=\"_self\">Islamic<\/a> republic at a funeral for a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Already suffering from a heart condition, she had two suspected heart attacks, one on March 24 and another on May 1, in prison in Zanjan, according to her supporters.<\/p>\n<p>After the most recent incident, she was rushed to hospital in Zanjan for treatment but remained under constant guard.<\/p>\n<p>Her Paris-based lawyer Chirinne Ardakani said last week Mohammadi had lost 20 kilogrammes in prison, had difficulty speaking and was currently &#8220;unrecognisable&#8221; from her state before her latest arrest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"em-video-wrapper m-em-video\" data-media-video-wbmz546081-f24-en-20260511 data-wrapper-video-player data-show-hidden-video-player=\"WBMZ546081-F24-EN-20260511\" data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"m-em-video__video\">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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