Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized 'With a Few Days Delay'

The website of the Iranian Human Rights Defenders Association reported that Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned vice president of this association, was transferred to the hospital on Sunday, October 11, due to suffering from 'seizures' in Evin Prison and with a few days delay in executing the 'orders of specialist doctors.' According to the report, Ms. Mohammadi experienced 'nervous pressure' on October 6 after an 'inappropriate encounter' with one of the guards during her transfer for a heparin injection and was taken to the medical facility of Evin Prison. The website of the Iranian Human Rights Defenders Association stated that on October 7, after 'seizures caused by nervous pressure,' she was transferred to Imam Khomeini Hospital, where specialist doctors issued orders for her hospitalization, but this order was not implemented. The website noted the specialists' opinions regarding Ms. Mohammadi's two diseases, 'pulmonary embolism' and 'muscular paralysis,' stating that these conditions are 'exacerbated' in the prison environment and 'can endanger the patient's life.' In this situation, Ghazi Rahmani, Narges Mohammadi's husband, said that the lack of appropriate conditions and the 'delay' in treating his wife have increased the risk of her disability, and creating inappropriate conditions such as 'being tied to a bed' delays her treatment process. He emphasized that the conditions for Ms. Mohammadi's care in the hospital should be 'reasonable' so that she does not experience nervous pressure. According to the Iranian Human Rights Defenders Association, Ms. Mohammadi is hospitalized 'under guard.' Reports indicate that Narges Mohammadi has suffered from neurological diseases since 2010 after being held in solitary confinement in Ward 209. On July 29, 650 social, cultural, and political activists and academic figures issued a statement calling for Narges Mohammadi's release from prison before her court hearing. Ms. Mohammadi was arrested at her home on May 4 of this year, just two days after her court hearing was postponed at Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. Narges Mohammadi, who has won human rights and democracy awards from 'Ernst Langer' and 'The Government and Foundation of Living History of Sweden,' has been summoned and interrogated several times in recent years. In 2011, she was initially charged with 'collusion and conspiracy against national security,' 'propaganda against the regime,' and 'membership in the Iranian Human Rights Defenders Association,' receiving an 11-year prison sentence, which was later reduced to six years in March of the same year. Ms. Mohammadi was transferred to Evin Prison and then to Zanjan Prison to serve her sentence in 2012, but due to illness, she was released on bail of 600 million tomans in August 2012. In this context, Narges Mohammadi's family claims she has been accused of 'collaborating with ISIS.'