Narges Mohammadi said Monday that the activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her imprisonment and the country's requirement that women wear headscarves.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Iran
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“Surely, the Nobel Peace Prize will make me more resilient, determined, hopeful and enthusiastic on this path, and it will accelerate my pace," she said in the statement, prepared in advance in case she was named the Nobel laureate.
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting women's oppression
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