The World - News from Jan. 4, 1988

Hunger-striking Iranian refugees in France neared what a physician called the dangerous four-week mark in their fast to demand the return of 14 expelled anti-Khomeini activists. The protesters, camped at the entrance of the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, began their 28th day without food, and an ambulance took away one of them, a young woman. That brought to 10 the number of strikers in Paris-area hospitals, a spokesman said. The French government has been accused of expelling the foes of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to gain Tehran’s support on behalf of French hostages held by pro-Iranian extremists in Lebanon.