Concern for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate as family say health deteriorating

The call was echoed 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 Court to an additional seven-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of "gathering and collusion" and "propaganda activities", her lawyer said. She was transferred without warning the following week to Zanjan prison and has been allowed only limited communication with her family since then. Nobel Prize Iran Women's rights