Iran releases Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi on bail amid health fears
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- Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been released on bail and transferred to Tehran for urgent medical treatment after supporters warned she was at risk of dying in prison.
- By: FRANCE 24 (File) Iranian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on bail following growing alarm over her health.
- It added she had been transferred by ambulance to a hospital in Tehran "to be treated by her own medical team".
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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been released on bail and transferred to Tehran for urgent medical treatment after supporters warned she was at risk of dying in prison. The activist, jailed for campaigning against Iran's clerical system, reportedly suffered two suspected heart attacks in custody.
By: FRANCE 24 (File) Iranian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on bail following growing alarm over her health. © Narges Mohammadi Foundation via AFP Iranian authorities on Sunday released Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on bail following growing alarm over her health and she has already been transferred to Tehran for medical treatment, her supporters said.
After 10 days of hospitalisation in Zanjan in northern Iran where she had been serving her sentence, Mohammadi "has been granted a sentence suspension on heavy bail", her foundation said in a statement, without detailing the amount.