News Center – Prisoners inside Iran face strict restrictions on communication with their families, as partial or total bans are imposed on phone calls. This deepens their psychological suffering and negatively affects family relationships, a practice described as a violation of international laws and standards that guarantee human rights.

Activist Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who has been detained since last December, has begun a hunger strike demanding her right to make phone calls, according to her family’s lawyer based in Paris.

Lawyer Shirin Ardakani explained that Narges Mohammadi, who was arrested on December 12 during a protest in the city of Mashhad in eastern Iran, along with a number of activists for participating in a memorial ceremony for lawyer Khosrow Ali Kordi in Mashhad, has been on hunger strike for several days.

She noted that Narges Mohammadi is demanding her right to make phone calls with her family and communicate with her lawyers inside Iran, in addition to being allowed to receive visits.

She added that the last phone call between Narges Mohammadi and her family took place on December 14, and that they learned about her hunger strike from a prisoner who was recently released.