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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Jailed Iran rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi wins peace Nobel

A handout photo provided by the Narges Mohammadi Foundation on Oct, 2, 2023 shows an undated, unlocated photo of Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi. (Credit: AFP)

The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to imprisoned Iranian women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi.

Mohammadi was honored "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all," said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.

The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to imprisoned Iranian women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi.



Mohammadi was honored "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all," said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.