Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi Goes on Hunger Strike While Imprisoned in Iran

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : In Iran, the hijab -- and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some -- has long been a political symbol as well, particularly after becoming mandatory in the years following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
49% : While women in Iran hold jobs, academic positions, and even government appointments, their lives are tightly controlled in part by laws like the mandatory hijab.
48% : Iran and neighboring Afghanistan remain the only countries to mandate that.
43% : "Just last week, Mohammadi was denied access to medical treatment at an outside hospital due to her refusal to adhere to compulsory hijab requirements during the transfer to the medical facility," the group Human Rights Activists in Iran said.Iranian officials and its state-controlled television network did not acknowledge Ms. Mohammadi's hunger strike, which is common with cases involving activists there.
35% : Iran's mission to the United Nations did not respond to a request for comment.

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