Mohammadi was attending the funeral of human rights lawyer Khosrow Alikordi when she addressed the gathering with a message of peace, unity, and national solidarity, according to reports. Plainclothes agents then encircled her and other women defenders, beating them repeatedly with wooden sticks and batons over their heads and between their legs, bruising her genital area and possibly fracturing her pelvic bone, according to reports. During the assault, agents threatened Mohammadi, saying they would make her mother sit in mourning for her and that it was the last day of her life, according to reports.
An agent told Mohammadi that because they believed she had driven a dagger into the heart of the Islamic Republic, they would put a dagger back into her heart, according to verified information. She was dragged across the ground by her hair with such force that sections of her scalp were torn away, leaving visible bald patches and open wounds, according to reports. Inside the transport vehicle, agents broke another woman's nose, according to reports.
On 7 February 2026, Mohammadi's lawyer announced that she was transferred to Branch 1 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court despite her objections. In protest against the judicial process, Mohammadi refused to provide a defense. She was sentenced to six years in prison for assembly and collusion against national security and 18 months for propaganda against the state.
The judge also imposed supplementary punishments including two years of internal exile to Khosf, South Khorasan province, and a two-year additional travel ban. Mohammadi is currently serving multiple prison sentences in a high security detention center in Mashhad and is facing more than 17 years of imprisonment since 2021. She has been arrested 13 times over her lifetime and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes, according to her foundation.
Her health had been deteriorating in prison, in part because she was heavily beaten during her arrest, according to her family. Mohammadi's brother Hamidreza fears she is dying. He said his sister had been found unconscious by fellow inmates at Zanjan Prison after suffering a suspected heart attack.
Prison officials refused to transfer her to a hospital despite her history of cardiac, lung and blood pressure problems. Hamidreza Mohammadi described her suffering from low blood pressure and having had a heart attack, and that her previous conditions, including a pulmonary embolism and having undergone stenting and angiography, made any treatment by doctors in Zanjan effectively impossible. The Narges Mohammadi Foundation said she had been transferred to a hospital in Zanjan province following a catastrophic deterioration in her health, after 140 days of arbitrary detention and persistent denial of specialised healthcare.
Hamidreza Mohammadi said she should be transferred to a hospital in Tehran so that her own specialists can take over her care. An angiography procedure showed two of her main arteries have significant blockage, according to her foundation, and her vascular disease has significantly deteriorated since her last angiography in 2024. Mohammadi was urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran on May 1 after she fell unconscious, and was released on bail nearly 10 days later and transferred to a hospital in Tehran, according to reports.
Her blood pressure continues to fluctuate, in part due to damage to part of the brain responsible for such regulations, according to the attending physician. Doctors recommended an eight-month treatment course in an environment free from external stressors with permanent care and long-term treatment, according to reports. Jorgen Watne Frydnes, head of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, said her life was at risk, according to the BBC.
Hamidreza Mohammadi said he has no doubt that the regime has decided to just get rid of people like Narges and other activists. Iranian authorities have not publicly responded to the accusations. Hamidreza Mohammadi said he believed the war in Iran had diverted attention away from the plight of prisoners, and the international community seemed reluctant to talk about the real problem, adding that it seems oil is now more important than freedom.
Her foundation and dozens of Nobel Prize laureates have called for her unconditional release. The Free Narges Coalition Steering Committee said in a press release that the information received from verified sources about the condition of Mohammadi and other political prisoners is deeply worrying, and that the government is doubling down on dangerously harsh treatment of its growing number of political prisoners following the nationwide demonstrations and massacre of protesters. The coalition added that Mohammadi and all prisoners of conscience must be freed immediately and have access to their chosen lawyer, regular contact with family, and medical care.