Jailed Iranian peace laureate Mohammadi moved to hospital

Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been moved to a hospital in the capital, Tehran, and has been granted a suspension of her sentence on heavy bail, a foundation run by her family said on Sunday.



Mohammadi, 54, won the prize in 2023 while in prison for a campaign to advance women's rights and abolish the death penalty.



She suffered a heart attack two weeks ago.



Her family had called for her to be transferred from Zanjan, northwest of Tehran, where she was serving her sentence and where she had been initially taken to hospital, so that she could receive better medical care.



She is now at Tehran Pars Hospital for treatment by her own medical team after being transferred by ambulance, the Narges Mohammadi Foundation said in a statement.



Mohammadi was sentenced to a new prison term of 7-1/2 years, the foundation confirmed in February, weeks before the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran. The Nobel committee at the time called on Tehran to free her immediately.



She had been arrested in December after denouncing the death of a lawyer, Khosrow Alikordi.