Jailed Iranian Nobel winner begins hunger strike: family

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".

Prison authorities in response have refused to transfer Mohammadi, who suffers from heart and lung conditions, to a hospital outside Evin for treatment."Narges went on a hunger strike today in protesting two things: The Islamic Republic's policy of delaying and neglecting medical care for sick inmates... the policy of 'mandatory hijab' for Iranian women," the statement said.

"Narges Mohammadi's initiation of a hunger strike demonstrates the seriousness of the situation. The Norwegian Nobel Committee urges the Iranian authorities to provide Narges Mohammadi, and other female inmates, with whatever medical assistance they may need," she added. She has most recently been incarcerated since November 2021 and has not seen her children, now based in France, for eight years.

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