“Transfer Her to Her Doctors.
Release Her Now.”
U.S. Ambassador Demands Iran Free Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi as Health Collapses in Prison
The Nobel Peace Prize winner — imprisoned for exposing Iran’s abuse of women and dissidents — suffered two episodes of cardiac arrest in Zanjan Prison on May 2. Authorities are blocking her transfer to specialized care. Her life is now in the hands of the regime.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz issued a stark, urgent demand on May 5, 2026, calling on the Iranian regime to immediately release Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi and transfer her to her doctors — as the imprisoned activist’s health deteriorates into a life-threatening emergency inside an Iranian prison.
Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize from inside an Iranian prison. For years, Iran has kept her chained to the cell floor of Iran’s notorious Evin Prison for telling the truth about the regime’s abuse of women and political opponents. Now her body is breaking down, and Tehran is blocking the urgent care she needs. Transfer her to her doctors. Release her now.
Ambassador Waltz’s post drew immediate international attention, joining a chorus of world leaders and human rights organizations rallying behind Mohammadi as her condition worsens. She is currently hospitalized in Zanjan, Iran — not in her cell — but authorities are blocking transfer to her specialized cardiac care team in Tehran.
Narges Mohammadi, 54, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize while serving a prison sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison — one of only five people in history to receive the honor while incarcerated. The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognized her “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.” She smuggled a statement of gratitude from her cell, echoing the cry of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement that swept Iran following the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.
She has been arrested 13 times by Iranian authorities, convicted five times, and sentenced to a cumulative total of more than 31 years in prison plus 154 lashes. Her most recent sentence — issued by a Revolutionary Court in Mashhad in February 2026 — added 7.5 years, bringing her active sentences to over 17 years. She refused to defend herself at what supporters called a “sham trial.”
Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize from inside an Iranian prison. Now her body is breaking down, and Tehran is blocking the urgent care she needs.
— U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz, May 5, 2026Mohammadi suffered a severe cardiac crisis — including two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and intense chest pain — while held at Zanjan Prison on or around May 2, 2026. Prison doctors determined her condition could not be managed on-site and transferred her urgently to a local hospital in Zanjan, reportedly placed in an intensive/cardiac care unit.
She is receiving oxygen therapy, but her blood pressure continues to fluctuate dangerously. She has lost significant weight, appears pale and weak, and requires assistance to walk. Medical teams have recommended urgent transfer to her specialized cardiologist in Tehran for advanced care, including angiography. Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has blocked this transfer.
A provincial forensic commission recommended a one-month suspension of her sentence pending approval from Tehran prosecutors. That approval has not been granted.
Her husband, Taghi Rahmani, and the Narges Mohammadi Foundation have described the hospital transfer as a “last-minute” and potentially “too late” measure — the result of 140 days of systematic medical neglect since her violent rearrest in December 2025. Her family has been limited to short phone calls with her siblings; lawyers and counsel access remain restricted.
As of May 5, 2026, Mohammadi remains under state control in the Zanjan hospital, her condition described by her family as “very high risk” unless transferred to specialized care in Tehran or released unconditionally. The Iranian Intelligence Ministry’s continued blockade of that transfer has drawn the sharpest condemnation yet from the international community.
Her case has become a global symbol — not just of one woman’s extraordinary courage, but of the Iranian regime’s relentless war against those who dare to speak the truth about its treatment of women, dissidents, and political opponents. In the words of Ambassador Waltz and the Nobel Committee, the message to Tehran is unmistakable: the world is watching, and it is demanding she go free.
Sources: Faith & Freedom News; Narges Mohammadi Foundation; U.S. Ambassador Waltz on 𝕏; Norwegian Nobel Committee statement (May 3, 2026); UN Secretary-General statements; Amnesty International; Human Rights Watch; PEN America; Reporters Without Borders. Developments are fluid — the Foundation and legal team are primary sources for real-time updates.
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