Narges Mohammedi, a human rights activist, has been behind bars in Tehran since 2021
Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, currently jailed in Iran for her activism for women’s rights, will begin her hunger strike in prison as her prize is awarded in Norway, says her family.
Mohammadi’s husband Taghi Rahmani, their twin children, Ali and Kiana Rahmani, and her brother who are representing the veteran rights activist at the awards ceremony on Sunday, said the strike is to show solidarity towards the Baha’i religious minority in Iran
“She is not here with us today, she is in prison and she will be on a hunger strike in solidarity with a religious minority but we feel her presence here,” her younger brother, Hamidreza Mohammadi, said in a brief opening statement.
Mohammadi, 51, was awarded the Nobel prize in October “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran”. She is 19th woman to win the 11 million Swedish kronor (about $1m) prize, and the fifth person to win it while in detention.
