Narges Mohamadi: The Fight for the Life of a Human Rights Defender

Delo highlights the dire health situation of Narges Mohamadi, Iran's most prominent human rights defender and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Her family announced on May 5th that the 54-year-old activist is in critical condition. Following a heart attack in Zanjan prison over a month ago, her health has deteriorated severely, according to her lawyer, Shirin Ardakani. Despite urgent requests from her family and legal team, authorities reportedly delayed her transfer to a hospital for several days. When she was eventually moved to a local facility instead of Tehran, where she could receive adequate medical care, her condition was already critical. Her family reports that Mohamadi has suffered from constant headaches, severe chest pain, pulmonary embolism, and nausea since what is believed to be her second heart attack in prison. She has lost 22 kilograms in a short period, yet authorities have remained unresponsive. Her lawyers, who plan to appeal to the United Nations, along with her family and the Nobel Committee in Oslo, have demanded her immediate transfer to a Tehran hospital, as the Nobel laureate's life is reportedly hanging by a thread. 'We are not only fighting for her freedom, but also for her heart to continue beating,' Ardakani stated at a press conference in Paris, emphasizing that Mohamadi is in a state 'between life and death.' This situation underscores the severe repression faced by human rights defenders in Iran and the international community's growing concern for their well-being.

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