Concern for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate as family say health deteriorating

On Saturday, Hamidreza Mohammadi told the BBC: "Her current problems include low blood pressure and a heart attack, but her previous conditions, such as pulmonary embolism (…) and having undergone stenting and angiography, make any treatment by the doctors in Zanjan effectively impossible."He said his sister should be transferred to a hospital in Tehran "so that her own specialists, who have treated her previously, can take over her care".The call was echoed by Jorgen Watne Frydnes, head of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, who told Reuters news agency that Mohammadi's life remained at risk.Over her lifetime, she has been arrested 13 times and been sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes, according to her foundation.In 2021, she began serving a 13-year sentence on charges of committing "propaganda activity against the state" and "collusion against state security", which she denied.In December 2024, she was given a temporary release from Tehran's notorious Evin prison on medical grounds.She continued campaigning while undergoing treatment and was arrested in the north-eastern city of Mashhad last December after giving a speech at the memorial ceremony of a fellow human rights activist. Her family said she was taken to hospital after being beaten during the arrest.In early February, Mohammadi was sentenced by a Revolutionary Court to an additional seven-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of "gathering and collusion" and "propaganda activities", her lawyer said.