'My husband is starving himself inside Iranian jail but he's desperate to live' Anoosheh Ashoori started a hunger strike in Evin Prison, and his family say they are worried Boris Johnson's current woes mean his ordeal is currently being overlooked British-Iranian held in Tehran prison to begin hunger strike, daughter saysAnoosheh Ashoori is being held at Evin prison on charges of spying for Israel, which he denies. Anoosheh Ashoori: Iranian-Briton starts hunger strike in prisonAnoosheh Ashoori from London hopes the strike will bring attention to those being held in Iran. Brit national Anoosheh Ashoori jailed in Iran starts hunger strike in prisonAnoosheh Ashoori has been held in Evin prison in Tehran for more than four years. On a routine visit to see his mum in August 2017, he was bundled into a car and jailed. Anoosheh Ashoori: Iranian-Briton to start hunger strike in prisonThe 67-year-old engineer from London hopes the strike will bring attention to those unfairly held in Iran. Anoosheh Ashoori to start hunger strike in protest against Iran hostage-takingThe British-Iranian dual national is staging a strike in solidarity with Barry Rosen who is campaigning outside Vienna nuclear talks French tourist Benjamin Briere goes on trial in Iran for espionageBenjamin Brière was arrested in 2020 after flying a drone near the Iran-Turkmenistan border. Iran jails French academic again for 'violating' house arrestFrench-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah was jailed anew for "violating" house arrest limits, an official from the Islamic republic's judiciary authority said on Sunday.