Elderly Iranian Prisoner Hospitalized After Heart Attack

An Iranian woman prisoner in her 70s was rushed from Tehran's Evin prison to a hospital after suffering a heart attack.

Raheleh Rahemipour underwent an electrocardiograph on January 25 before being taken to hospital, Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner imprisoned in Evin, said on her Instagram account.

The incident occurred as dozens of women political prisoners in Evin went on a hunger strike to protest executions in Iran. 

According to Mohammadi, Rahemipour is among four political prisoners in the women’s ward who are over 70 years old. 

Rahemipour was put behind bars in November last year to serve a five-year prison sentence, despite suffering from a brain tumor and other ailments. 

She had been prosecuted for speaking out against the extrajudicial execution of her brother in 1983.