News Center- On Thursday, the family of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi published a statement revealing that Narges Mohammadi has been prevented from being transferred to the hospital to undergo angiography three times since September 10 although she needs to undergo angiography urgently.

“In the past month, prison authorities have prevented Narges Mohammadi from leaving prison to undergo angiography on three separate occasions: September 10, September 17, and October 1, 2024,” the statement said.

“Based on the diagnosis and written orders from a cardiologist on March 19, 2024, Narges was to be urgently transferred to the hospital for angiography in June 2024. After more than a month of delays, Narges was finally transferred to a hospital on July 7, 2024. During this transfer, doctors observed a fatty bump in her right breast, and a biopsy was performed immediately. Following the procedure, Narges was returned to prison to await the biopsy results and the specialists’ diagnoses, which would determine whether breast surgery or angiography should take priority. She would be sent back to the hospital for further treatment afterward.”

‘Angiography should be performed immediately’

According to the doctors, angiography is deemed a priority and should be performed immediately.

“Since then, Narges’s lawyers, Mr. Mostafa Nili and Ms. Shadi Halimi, have continuously followed up and made repeated visits to various legal authorities, including the public prosecutor’s office, prison administration, and prison medical staff. However, their efforts have not produced any results regarding the requests and written orders from specialists, nor have they addressed Narges’s letters from inside the prison concerning the angiography scheduled for September 10, September 17, and October 1.”

After the prison medical staff, health department, and prison administration announced that the prosecutor’s office had granted permission for Narges’s transfer to the hospital, “her exit from prison was denied once again on the scheduled transfer day, October 1.”

Call on human rights organizations to take immediate action

In the statement, her family urgently reiterates that the ongoing preventions and objections from security and judicial authorities, along with their lack of accountability regarding Narges’s treatment and medical care, are putting her health at grave risk and are deeply alarming. “We implore human rights organizations to take immediate action and follow up on this critical situation.”