Activist’s latest arrest was in December and she has recently had two suspected heart attacks in prison
The jailed Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi is fighting for her life after being hospitalised under guard for the last five days with a heart condition, her supporters have said.
“We are not just fighting for the freedom of Narges, we are fighting so that her heart continues to beat,” said her Paris-based lawyer Chirinne Ardakani at a news conference of her supporters, adding that the 2023 laureate was now “between life and death”.
Jonathan Dagher of the Paris-based press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which is also part of her support committee, said: “This is the first time we are saying that she is between life and death, that there is a risk of death.”
“We must act before it is too late,” he added.
