A campaign urging Iran to free Narges Mohammadi says the activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her imprisonment.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi began a hunger strike Monday over being blocked along with other inmates from getting medical care and to protest the country's mandatory headscarves for women, a campaign advocating for the activist said. The decision by Mohammadi, 51, increases pressure on Iran's theocracy over her incarceration, a month after she was awarded the Nobel for her years of activism despite a decades-long campaign by the government targeting her.
Iran's mission to the United Nations did not respond to a request for comment. For observant Muslim women, the head covering is a sign of piety before God and modesty in front of men outside their families. In Iran, the hijab — and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some — has long been a political symbol as well, particularly after becoming mandatory in the years following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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