Calls grow over hospital care for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi

23 minutes agoGhoncheh Habibiazad,BBC PersianandHenri AstierReutersMohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting human rights in Iran and fighting against the oppression of womenRelatives of jailed Iranian human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi and the Nobel Peace Prize Committee have called for her to be transferred to adequate medical facilities following a sharp reported deterioration of her health.On Friday her family said the 54-year-old had been taken from her prison in north-west Iran to a local hospital, calling the move a "last-minute" action that may come too late.Her brother, who lives in Norway, told the BBC on Saturday: "Her blood pressure has dropped sharply, and they haven't been able to stabilise it."Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. She was arrested in December for her criticism of the authorities.Last month her brother Hamidreza Mohammadi said she had been found unconscious by fellow inmates at Zanjan Prison in north-west Iran, after suffering a suspected heart attack.He added that prison officials had refused to transfer her to a hospital despite her history of cardiac, lung and blood pressure problems.On Friday, the Narges Mohammadi Foundation, run by her family, said she had been transferred to a hospital in Zanjan