Overview
- Mohammadi began the hunger strike this week, with her foundation and family’s lawyer confirming she has refused food for three days.
- The 53-year-old activist has been held in isolation in Mashhad since her December 12 arrest after speaking at a memorial for lawyer Khosrow Alikordi.
- She is demanding the right to make a phone call, meet Iranian lawyers, receive visitors, and exercise her right to appeal.
- Her family last heard from her on December 14 and learned of the strike from a recently released detainee, while her son voiced deep concern given her past cardiac and pulmonary problems and hypertension.
- Amnesty International has accused security forces of torture and other ill-treatment during her arrest, and her family says authorities denied an independent medical exam in mid-December.