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Six crew members from the Iranian-flagged vessel M/V Touska have been freed by the US and returned to Iran, IRGC-linked Tasnim News reported on Wednesday.

According to the report, 28 Iranian crew members had been aboard the vessel, which it said was heading to Iran when it was seized by the United States.

Iran was continuing efforts to secure the release of the remaining 22 crew members, the report said.

The Narges Foundation said Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization in Zanjan had officially confirmed Mohammadi needs at least one month of medical leave, but Tehran’s prosecutor is still preventing her release and judicial authorities are refusing to send her to hospital.

Her lawyers, who visited her on April 28, described her condition as “critical.”

According to the statement, Mohammadi’s blood pressure has fluctuated dangerously between 15 and 17 in recent days and has not responded to medication. She has also lost more than 19 kilograms and is suffering from chest pain, headaches and recurring nausea.

Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her advocacy for human rights and freedom for all.

She has spent much of the past decade in and out of prison over her activism against compulsory hijab laws, the death penalty and the Islamic Republic’s treatment of political prisoners.

She was most recently arrested in December 2025 after attending the funeral of dissident lawyer Khosro Alikordi.

Her repeated detentions and reported denial of medical treatment have drawn widespread condemnation from international rights organizations and Western governments.

Two cardiology specialists in Zanjan reportedly said she cannot be treated there and should instead be placed under the care of her doctor at Pars Hospital in Tehran.

French lawyer Shirin Ardakani called the denial of vital medical treatment “a form of torture.”

Mohammadi’s brother, Hamidreza Mohammadi, described the situation as a “slow death,” while her daughter Kiana Rahmani said more than 138 days of medical neglect have pushed her mother to the brink of death.

Iran’s Justice Minister Amin Rahimi said all state institutions are aligned behind the country’s Supreme National Security Council on decisions regarding war and negotiations.

“In matters such as war or negotiation it is the Supreme National Security Council that makes decisions based on the interests of the country,” Rahimi said in comments carried by Tasnim News Agency.

He added that such decisions are implemented after the approval of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and said all branches of the state share the same goal of protecting the rights of the Iranian people.

Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency accused the United States of falsely portraying the country’s enriched uranium as a threat.

“There has been no report of even a single gram of these materials being diverted, but the Americans have falsely portrayed Iran’s enriched uranium as a threat,” Reza Najafi said.

He added that all of Iran’s enriched uranium has always been under the agency’s full monitoring.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump discussed Iran in a phone call that lasted more than 90 minutes, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday.

He said Putin proposed ideas on Iran’s nuclear program and voiced support for Trump’s decision to extend the Iran ceasefire.

He described the call as friendly and businesslike.