Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to end women's persecution in Iran. Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, made the announcement in Stockholm.
"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 Nobel Committee said in announcing this year's laureate.
"2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi's brave struggle has come with tremendous personal costs," according to the Nobel Committee.
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"She has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times, and sentenced to 31 years in prison and 154 lashes by the Iranian regime." Mohammadi remains imprisoned," it stated.
"We hope it will be safer for Iranians." The situation there is extremely dangerous, and activists risk their lives. The happiness is overwhelming. "I am overjoyed on behalf of Narges," Narges' brother, Hamidreza Mohammadi, was cited by Norwegian station NRK as saying.
"It is first and foremost a recognition of a whole movement in Iran with its undisputed leader Narges Mohammadi," said Berit Reiss-Andersen to the Guardian.
In the Islamic Republic, Mohammadi advocated for delicate subjects. He was against the clerical system, while she was against the required hijab. Even while imprisoned, she continued to campaign.
She was born in 1972 in Zanjan, Iran's northwest. She majored in physics in college and worked as an engineer before switching to journalism. She was affiliated with periodicals that were part of the reformist movement at the time.
She joined the Center for Human Rights Defenders, which was created by Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, and battled for the elimination of the death penalty.
Her work was brought back into the spotlight last year after the killing of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran's so-called morality police. "In September 2022, Mahsa Jina Amini was killed in the custody of Iranian morality police, sparking political protests against Iran's regime." "The motto adopted by the demonstrators - "Woman - Life - Freedom" - appropriately expresses Narges Mohammadi's dedication and work," the Nobel Committee stated.
The Nobel Committee also asked the Iranian government to heed to its own population who are warning of a loss in democracy.
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