Iran Human Rights Organization Expresses Severe Concern for Narges Mohammadi's Health

The Iran Human Rights Organization has expressed severe concern for the health of Narges Mohammadi, a political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, calling for her immediate release and unconditional access to medical services. Mahmoud Amiri Moghaddam, the director of the Iran Human Rights Organization, stated on Tuesday, November 7, that the Iranian government's imposition of necessary medical restrictions on Narges Mohammadi is aimed at deliberately causing her death. Narges Mohammadi, imprisoned in Evin Prison, has been on a hunger and medication strike since Monday, November 6, in protest against the 'Islamic Republic's policy of delaying and neglecting medical care for sick prisoners' and in protest against the 'policy of either death or compulsory hijab for women in Iran.' Iranian officials have conditioned her transfer to medical facilities on her compliance with the compulsory hijab. According to information posted on an Instagram account attributed to Narges Mohammadi, she has been prevented from being taken to the hospital at least twice since September 4, and by order of the prosecutor, she 'must not' be sent to the hospital without a headscarf under any circumstances. Narges Mohammadi had previously emphasized that she would not tolerate the 'compulsory hijab' in honor of the 'martyrdom of Armita.' The American PEN Association has also called for her unconditional release, citing increasing concerns about her health and safety. The Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi on October 6 for her fight against oppression and injustice towards women in Iran. Born in 1972 in Zanjan, she has been arrested and imprisoned multiple times over the past two decades. In her latest legal case, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for 'anti-government propaganda' and is currently held in Evin Prison in Tehran.