News Center- The family of Narges Mohammadi said that 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi's hospital transfer was blocked by Iranian prison authorities for refusing to wear the compulsory hijab.

According to the post of her family, the prison authorities have refused to transfer Nages Mohammadi, who suffers from heart and lung conditions, to a hospital outside Evin prison.  

 “Two days and nights, a group of women in Evin protested in the prison yard to send Narges Mohammadi to the heart hospital. The prison warden announced that sending her to the heart hospital without a headscarf was prohibited, and her transfer was cancelled,” her family wrote on her official Instagram account on Wednesday.

Her family also wrote that the prison authorities even refused to transfer Narges Mohammadi to the infirmary. Narges Mohammadi announced that she would not wear a hijab.

Jailed Iranian women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on October 6, 2023. She smuggled out a letter of thanks for her Nobel Peace Prize. “I am grateful to all of you and urge you to support the people of Iran until the final victory. Victory is not easy, but it is certain,” she said in the letter.