A coalition of feminist and human rights organizations has launched an appeal for the definitive release of Iranian Narges Mohammadi, winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. The activist is hospitalized in the cardiac intensive care unit of Pars Hospital in Tehran, where she was transferred due to the severity of her health condition.
In a statement released by the foundation that supports her, the entities assert that “Narges Mohammadi must never return to prison” and that “a temporary suspension of the sentence cannot be confused with freedom.” The text emphasizes that the transfer to the hospital only occurred after “sustained international pressure.”
The Nobel laureate’s condition is described as critical, a consequence of “years of imprisonment, solitary confinement, repeated arrests, physical assaults, and systematic medical neglect by Iranian authorities.” The organizations warn that Mohammadi’s situation is not an isolated case: human rights defenders, activists, jurists, journalists, and association leaders in Iran face “the same tools of repression” — imprisonment, medical abandonment, isolation cells, and even the death penalty.
In the specific case of the Nobel laureate, the statement argues that the charges against her “are false and politically motivated,” since “for years they imprisoned her for peacefully defending human rights, women’s rights, dignity, and freedom.”
Among the signatories are the Nobel Women’s Initiative, the Narges Foundation, the International Coalition of Women Human Rights Defenders, and the Center for Human Rights in Iran. They demand the “immediate and unconditional” release of Mohammadi, the annulment of all her convictions and charges against her, as well as full and continuous access to specialized medical care.