Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, now imprisoned in her countrywill begin a new hunger strike on Sunday, the day she will receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, where she will be represented by her children, her family announced on Saturday, AFP reported, according to Agerpres.

Mohammadi, who opposes the mandatory wearing of the hijab and the death penalty in Iran, will go on hunger strike in solidarity with the Baha’i religious minority, two of whose members are also on hunger strike, the brother and husband said at a news conference. in the capital of Norway on the eve of the Nobel ceremony.

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On the day chosen for the strike, the day he will receive the peace prize, Mohammadi wants to draw the world’s attention to this religious minority, Iran’s largest. According to its representatives, the Baha’i community is the object of discrimination in many spheres of society.

Detained since 2021 in Tehran’s Evin Prison and in poor health, Narges Mohammadi had already gone on hunger strike for several days in early November to gain the right to be transferred to hospital without a head covering.

Awarded the Nobel Prize in October for her “struggle against the oppression of women in Iran and for supporting human rights and freedom for all,” she has been arrested and convicted numerous times in recent decades.

The children of the activist are afraid that they will never see their mother again

The official Nobel Prize ceremony is held annually on December 10, the day of Alfred Nobel’s death, and the laureates are announced in the first week of October.

The teenage children of imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi fear they will never see their mother again, but said they are proud of her fight for women’s rights as they prepare to accept the prize on her behalf on Sunday, Reuters reported.

Narges Mohammadi is one of the main heroines of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising in Iran. The movement, in which women removed their veils, cut their hair and demonstrated in the streets, was sparked by the death last year of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, after she was arrested in Tehran for disobeying the rules. strict Islamic dress code. The protest was brutally suppressed.