Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi ends hunger strike

The activist's family said she was transferred to a hospital for exams on Wednesday.

She suffers from heart and lung conditions.

Iran: The family of imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi says she has ended a hunger strike after she received medical treatment without wearing the obligatory head covering.

In a message posted on her Instagram account Thursday, the activist's family said she was transferred to a hospital for exams on Wednesday. She suffers from heart and lung conditions.

"After being transferred to the hospital without wearing the compulsory hijab and returning to the women's ward, I ended my hunger strike," she was quoted as saying in the statement.