2023-10-06 11:13:40
The Nobel Peace Prize was crowned on Friday October 6 by Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, currently in a jail in the Islamic Republic where bare-headed women are blowing a wind of emancipation despite repression.
The 51-year-old activist and journalist is being rewarded “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her struggle to promote human rights and freedom for all,” said the president of the Norwegian Nobel committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen , in Oslo.
“A historic moment”
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi represents “a historic and important moment for the struggle for freedom in Iran”, his family reacted in a written message on Friday.
“We dedicate this award to all Iranians and in particular to Iranian women and girls who have inspired the whole world with their courage and their fight for freedom and equality,” adds the family.
The Nobel committee hopes that Iran will release the activist to receive her award in December, its president Berit Reiss-Andersen said in Oslo. “If the Iranian authorities make the right decision, they will release her. So she can be present to receive this honor, which is what we hope for above all,” she said.
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