Iranian Nobel Prize winner released on bail for medical treatment, supporters say

Paris – Iranian authorities on Sunday released Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on bail following growing alarm over her health and she has already been transferred to Tehran for medical treatment, her supporters said.

After 10 days of hospitalization in Zanjan in northern Iran where she had been serving her sentence, Mohammadi “has been granted a sentence suspension on heavy bail,” her foundation said in a statement, without detailing the amount.