May 10 (UPI) -- Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has had her long prison sentence suspended and is now in a Tehran hospital, her foundation announced Sunday.
Narges, who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while in prison on charges of spreading "propaganda" against Iran's Islamic regime, was granted a suspension of her 18-year sentence and transferred by ambulance from a hospital in Zanjan to Tehran Pars Hospital where she will be treated by her own medical team, the foundation said.
"On behalf of the Narges Foundation and her family, we thank the international community for their unwavering solidarity," the group wrote in a social media post.
"However, a suspension is not enough; Narges Mohammadi requires permanent, specialized care," they added. "We must ensure she never returns to prison to face the 18 years remaining on her sentence.
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