Narges Mohammadi's Account of Hospital Transfer; I Went and Came Back in a Suit and Skirt

Narges Mohammadi's Instagram page posted a message quoting her: "I went to the hospital without a headscarf, in a suit and skirt, amidst dozens of security forces, and I came back." The prison organization also announced that Narges Mohammadi was sent to the hospital "in accordance with regulations and protocols." In response to the prison organization's statement, Narges Mohammadi emphasized in her Instagram message that "if the Islamic Republic considers not wearing a headscarf as adhering to regulations and protocols, then it should apply to all women in Iran." Narges Mohammadi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and political prisoner, has been on a hunger strike since November 6 in protest against "the Islamic Republic's policy of delaying and neglecting the medical care of sick prisoners" and in protest against "the policy of either death or mandatory hijab for women in Iran." She announced in her recent message that she ended her hunger strike after returning from the hospital. Previously, she had stated that she was not willing to comply with the mandatory hijab for her hospital transfer, which led judicial authorities to prevent her from being sent to the hospital on previous occasions. Following Narges Mohammadi's hunger strike in protest against the lack of medical assistance for prisoners, the Nobel Committee, the Olof Palme Foundation, and the American PEN Association expressed concern for her health. After international concerns about Narges Mohammadi's health, her husband told Voice of America on Wednesday, November 8, that she was sent to the hospital "without mandatory hijab." Narges Mohammadi, born in 1972 in Zanjan, has been arrested and imprisoned multiple times over the last 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.