Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Initiates Hunger Strike

Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has begun a hunger strike in protest against the denial of medical treatment at Evin Prison. Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist, has been sentenced to over 30 years in jail and banned from seeing her family. She is using the hunger strike to highlight Iran's policy of delaying medical care for sick inmates and its mandatory hijab policy for women. The Norwegian Nobel Committee expressed deep concern for her health, calling the hijab requirement inhumane. Mohammadi has been a vocal critic of the government's compulsory hijab policy, describing it as a tool to control women.