Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been temporarily released from prison for three weeks, her lawyer said.
The Tehran prosecutor’s office suspended her sentence based on a forensic medical opinion following her recent surgery to remove a tumor and undergo a bone graft.
Mustafa Nili said that Mohammadi, who suffers from heart disease, a breast tumor, and chronic back pain, was released due to her critical medical condition.
“Considering the forensic medical opinion, the Tehran prosecutor’s office has suspended the sentence of Mrs. Narges Mohammadi for three weeks, and she has been released from prison,” Nili said.
He added, “The reason for this is her physical condition after surgery to remove a tumor and a bone graft, which was performed 21 days ago.”
According to IranWire sources, following Mohammadi’s release for medical leave, Motahareh Goonehi and Vida Rabani, who had been on a hunger strike to protest the denial of medical care for fellow prisoner Mohammadi, ended their strike.
Previously, Mohammadi had been repeatedly denied transfers to medical centers for health checks.
Over 70 political and social activists issued a strong condemnation of the authorities’ actions, warning that the continued refusal of medical care was leading to Mohammadi’s “silent death.”
The activists emphasized that her case exemplifies a broader crisis affecting numerous political and civil prisoners in Iran.
On October 24, her cellmates protested the denial of medical access. In a letter, they disclosed that despite a September directive for angioplasty, three letters from her specialist, and urgent requests from both the prison doctor and the head of Evin prison’s medical team, authorities blocked her transfer, citing “higher-level directives.”
Mohammadi, a prominent figure in Iran’s human rights movement, has spent ten of the past fourteen years in prison.
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