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Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Discharged, Family Fears Re-Detention

5/18/2026

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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi was discharged from Tehran’s Pars Hospital and sent home to recover.
Her daughter Kiana Rahmani warned that returning her mother to detention would be a death sentence.
The family said she suffered a suspected heart attack in late March and has a lung blood clot requiring medication.
Neither Iranian authorities nor state media have commented on her case or reported her release.

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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi was discharged from Tehran’s Pars Hospital and sent home to recover.
Her daughter Kiana Rahmani warned that returning her mother to detention would be a death sentence.
The family said she suffered a suspected heart attack in late March and has a lung blood clot requiring medication.
Neither Iranian authorities nor state media have commented on her case or reported her release.