Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, has been discharged from hospital and returned home, according to an announcement from the Narges Foundation.
Mohammadi, 54, was released from Pars Hospital in Tehran on July 7. Earlier in May, she was transferred from prison to hospital after losing consciousness twice and suffering a severe cardiac crisis.
According to the foundation's statement, Mohammadi “is expected to follow up on her medical complications with medical staff through daily outpatient medical check-ups and physiotherapy sessions over the next few weeks.” Doctors have said “it is important that she be under close medical supervision.”
Mohammadi was arrested in December 2025 during a visit to the eastern Iranian city of Mashhad. In February 2026, she was sentenced to an additional more than seven years in prison. Her lawyer said six years of that sentence were for the charge of “collusion to commit crimes.”
Her family said in February that the activist’s health had deteriorated severely due to beatings during her December arrest. They said multiple men kicked her all over her body. At the end of March, when she began serving her sentence, she suffered a heart attack.
Her daughter, Kiana Rahmani, co-chair of the Narges Foundation, said in a statement on July 8 that returning Mohammadi to prison would be “a death sentence.” “We must ensure she is free, that all baseless charges against her are permanently dropped, and that the persecution ends. Human rights activism is not a crime, and no activist should be jailed for it,” Rahmani said.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to Mohammadi “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.”
A trained engineer, Mohammadi has been arrested 13 times and convicted on five separate occasions, with total sentences exceeding 30 years in prison.
