Updated 11.07 | Published 11.02
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arrow Update: Nobel Peace Prize 2023 goes to Narges Mohammadi
full screen Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, right in picture, looks at Karim Lahidji, another leading human rights activist. Archive image. Photo: Magali Girardin/AP/TT
Narges Mohammadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her fight for the women of Iran.
The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, began his speech in Oslo with the slogan of the Iranian women’s movement: “Woman, life, freedom”.
Mohammadi has worked for women’s rights and against the death penalty in her home country. The award is further motivated by her “fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”.