New Delhi, May 2 -- A day after the Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, was hospitalised after her condition worsened, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Saturday said that her life was in the hands of the Iranian authorities.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee called for Mohammadi to be released to her dedicated medical team, Reuters reported.

She was transferred from prison to hospital on Friday after a "catastrophic deterioration of her health, including two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis," a foundation run by her family said.

The Narges Mohammadi Foundation noted that her transfer was an "unavoidable necessity after prison doctors determined he...