Detained Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle in defending women’s rights in Iran.
“This prize is first and foremost a recognition of the very important work of a whole movement in Iran with with its undisputed leader, Nargis Mohammadi,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee announcing the prize in Oslo. “The impact of the prize is not for the Nobel committee to decide upon. We hope that it is an encouragement to continue the work in whichever form this movement finds to be fitting.”
Mohammadi, jailed 13 times and sentenced five times for a total of 31 years in prison, was last detained in November after attending a memorial service for a victim of the violent 2019 protests.
She is the 19th woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and the second Iranian, after fellow activist Shirin Ebadi won in 2003.
