Iranian Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi begins hunger strike in prison: family

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has begun a hunger strike in her Iranian prison in protest at limits on medical care for her and other inmates, as well as the obligation for women to wear the hijab in the Islamic republic, her family said on Monday.

Veteran rights activist Mohammadi, 51, currently held in Tehran's Evin prison, was awarded the Nobel prize in October"for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran".

Mohammadi is refusing under any circumstances to wear a hijab, the head covering which has been obligatory for women in public spaces since shortly after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. "The Islamic republic is responsible for anything that happens to our beloved Narges," it said."It's been a week now that they are refusing to give her the medical aid she needs."

 

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