Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi Launches New Hunger Strike

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, currently imprisoned in Iran for her activism, will begin a new hunger strike in solidarity with Iran's Baha'i religious minority as her prize is awarded in Norway. Mohammadi's family, representing her at the awards ceremony, announced the hunger strike at a news conference in Oslo. She was awarded the Nobel prize for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and is the fifth person to win it while in detention. Mohammadi's husband and children will receive her diploma and gold medal and give the Nobel Prize lecture on her behalf.