Iran Nobel winner released on bail for medical treatment: supporters

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Narges Mohammadi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been released on bail from Iranian custody for medical treatment following concerns for her health. This release is being closely monitored by her supporters and humanitarian organizations.

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 hospitalisation 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. It added she had been transferred by ambulance to a hospital in Tehran "to be treated by her own medical team".