Iran temporarily releases Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi on medical grounds

Iran has granted temporary release to Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, who has been imprisoned since November 2021. Her lawyer, Mostafa Nili, announced the news on social media platform X, stating the release was based on medical advice.

“Following the recommendation of the examining doctor, the public prosecutor has suspended Narges Mohammadi’s prison sentence for three weeks, and she has been released,” Nili wrote.

However, her family and supporters have criticised the temporary release as insufficient. In a statement, they described the three-week suspension as “inadequate” and called for her immediate and unconditional release.

“A 21-day suspension of Narges Mohammadi’s sentence is inadequate. We demand her unconditional release or at least an extension of her leave to three months,” the statement read, labelling the measure as “too little, too late”.