Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Transferred to Hospital After Cardiac Crisis

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in Zanjan, northwestern Iran, on Friday after suffering two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis.

The Narges Mohammadi Foundation, run by her family, said prison doctors determined her condition could no longer be managed onsite, despite prior medical recommendations for treatment by her specialized team in Tehran. The transfer followed days of dangerously fluctuating blood pressure, severe nausea, multiple bouts of vomiting and fainting spells. Earlier Friday, she received emergency intravenous fluids in the prison medical unit before being admitted to the hospital's cardiac care unit, where her blood pressure continued to fluctuate.

Mohammadi, 53, has a history of heart problems, including three angioplasty procedures and a suspected heart attack in late March. Lawyers who visited her shortly after described her as pale, underweight and requiring assistance to walk. Her family stated she faces a "direct and immediate" threat to her life and called for all charges to be dropped and sentences annulled.

She has been imprisoned since her arrest on...