2023-10-07 18:13:00
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday while imprisoned in Iran, “learned that she was a recipient yesterday late in the afternoon through messages relayed from the men’s quarters, which were more easily access to telephones on Fridays,” the family said in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse.
“The same evening, state television broadcast the news at 10:30 p.m., painting an insulting and defamatory portrait of Narges,” the text continues. “Narges and her fellow inmates then burst into joy and celebrated this victory in their cell. »
Narges Mohammadi, a 51-year-old activist and journalist, received 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,” said the President of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen.
“Very, very proud of her, very happy”
Vice-president of the Center for Human Rights Defenders founded by Shirin Ebadi, also a Nobel Prize winner in 2003, Narges Mohammadi has been repeatedly convicted and imprisoned for twenty-five years for her commitment against compulsory veiling for women and Against the death penalty. When his distinction was announced, the UN requested his release, but Tehran denounced “a biased and political decision”.
“We note that the Nobel committee awarded the peace prize to a person found guilty of repeated violations of the laws and who committed criminal acts,” reacted the spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Kanani, in a statement.
Ali, 17, son of the activist who lives with his sister and their father, in exile in Paris, said on Friday he was “very, very proud of her, very happy”, adding that this prize constituted “a reward for the Iranian people,” during a press conference. “Narges is aware that this will also put her in difficulty, but she assumes this risk,” commented Taghi Rahmani, the husband of Narges Mohammadi, himself a human rights activist and former political prisoner.
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