Nobel laureate Narges 'unwell' after arrest: Supporters

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was taken to hospital twice after being violently arrested last week, her supporters said on Monday, following a telephone call with the campaigner that raised concerns about her physical condition.

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Narges Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel prize, was detained on Friday after addressing a memorial ceremony in the eastern city of Mashhad for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, who was found dead earlier this month.

Iranian civil society activists including prizewinning filmmaker Jafar Panahi meanwhile called for the “immediate and unconditional release” of Mohammadi and other campaigners arrested at the ceremony. There had been no information about her whereabouts or communication with her until late on Sunday when she made a “short and compressed” telephone call to her family, her foundation said in a statement.