Nobel Peace laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a hospital in Tehran more than a week after collapsing in prison. In a statement, her foundation said, “We must ensure she never returns to prison to face the 18 years remaining on her sentence. Now is the time to demand her unconditional freedom and the dismissal of all charges.” Over the weekend, The Guardian published an excerpt of her memoir smuggled out of prison, in which Mohammadi wrote, “Authoritarian regimes do not always need an executioner’s rope. Sometimes, they simply wait for the human body to fail — and then make sure no help arrives, or they create conditions in which death can come easily, helping it along by standing in the way of life-saving care.” Mohammadi has been arrested 13 times and sentenced to a cumulative 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her advocacy against torture and the death penalty in Iran.