Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalized
5/3/202644 min
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has urged the Iranian authorities to release the jailed human rights campaigner, Narges Mohammadi, to her dedicated medical team. Her health has deteriorated sharply and she has been moved to a prison hospital. We speak to her brother, Hamidreza Mohammadi.
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(Photo: Narges Mohammad. Credit: Getty Images)
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First 90 secondsJames Menendez· Host0:00
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James Menendez· Host0:33
[instrumental music] Hello, and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. We're coming to you live from London. I'm James Menendez, and we're going to begin today in Iran and how the Iranian authorities appear to be using the war with the US and Israel as cover to step up the pressure on their opponents. We heard on Friday how the regime has carried out at least 22 executions of political prisoners in the past six weeks, many of them young people involved in the anti-government protests back in January. Well, now comes some grim news about the country's most famous political activist, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Narges Mohammadi, for years, a thorn in the side of the regime. Here she is speaking to News Hour in June last year after getting a temporary release from jail on medical grounds.
Hamid Reza Mohammadi· Guest1:26
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