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Nobel Peace Prize 2023 to Narges Mohammadi, in recognition of the struggle of women in Iran

Born in 1972, the activist was arrested 13 times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. The Norwegian Committee recognized "her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all

  • 06/10/2023 • 07:38

The Norwegian Nobel Committee became fully involved this Friday in the situation of women in particular and human rights in general in Iran by awarding the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to the activist of that nationality Narges Mohammadi, currently imprisoned. "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all," the official statement said. This year's award, according to the Committee, "also recognizes the hundreds of thousands of people who last year demonstrated against the policies of discrimination and oppression of the theocratic regime of Iran against women