The jailed Iranian rights activist Narges Mohammadi was on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”, in a boost for opponents of Tehran’s regime.
The Nobel committee said the 2023 award “also recognises the hundreds of thousands of people who, in the preceding year, have demonstrated against the theocratic regime’s policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women”.
One of Iran’s best-known activists, 51-year-old Mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times, and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. She has spent most of the years since 2009 in prison, where she has continued campaigning, including for the rights of women in the country’s jails.