The activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her imprisonment.
FILE - Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi attends a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 27, 2007. A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, that the activist had started a hunger strike over the conditions of her imprisonment and the country's mandatory headscarf for women.
The Free Narges Mohammadi campaign said she sent a message from Evin Prison and "informed her family that she started a hunger strike several hours ago.” It said Mohammadi and her lawyer for weeks have sought her transfer to a specialist hospital for heart and lung care. While women hold jobs, academic positions and even government appointments, their lives are tightly controlled. Women are required by law to wear a headscarf, or hijab, to cover their hair. Iran and neighboring Afghanistan remain the only countries to mandate that. Since Amini's death, however, more women are choosing not to wear it despite an increasing campaign by authorities targeting them and businesses serving them.
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