Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike in prison in Iran

Narges Mohammadi has begun hunger strike over a lack of access to medical treatment while imprisoned in Iran (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi began a hunger strike on Monday over being blocked from accessing medical care and to protest the country’s mandatory headscarves for women, a campaign advocating for the activist said.

The decision by Ms Mohammadi, 51, increases pressure on Iran’s theocracy over her incarceration, a month after being awarded the Nobel for her years of activism despite a decades-long campaign by the government targeting her.