Nobel laureate transferred to prison in northern Iran without warning

Concern grows over Narges Mohammadi's health, family says, after reports of life-threatening mistreatment'

Iranian authorities have without prior warning transferred Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a prison in the north of the country as concern grows over her health, her family said on Saturday.

Mohammadi, who won the peace prize in 2023 in recognition for more than two decades of campaigning, was arrested on 12 December in the eastern city of Mashhad after speaking out against Iran's clerical authorities at a funeral ceremony.