Anoosheh Ashoori to start hunger strike in protest against Iran hostage-taking

The British-Iranian dual national is staging a strike in solidarity with Barry Rosen who is campaigning outside Vienna nuclear talks

Gaurdian-Jan 22,2022

A British-Iranian man imprisoned in Iran is to start a hunger strike on Sunday in support of a 77-year-old American who is protesting outside nuclear talks in Vienna against Iranian hostage taking.

Anoosheh Ashoori, who is being held in Evin prison in Tehran, is staging the strike in an act of solidarity with Barry Rosen, who started his own four days ago. He told the Guardian he was humbled by the support, as well as other messages being sent to him by Iranians in jail.

Anoosheh, who was arrested in August 2017, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for espionage.

Rosen is protesting in Vienna outside the talks about the Iran nuclear programme, where discussions resumed earlier this month.