Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi has received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 for her “combat in opposition to the oppression of girls” in her nation.
Her battle has come “at nice private value”, the Nobel committee mentioned.
“She fights for ladies in opposition to systematic discrimination and oppression,” mentioned Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee who introduced the prize in Oslo.
Ms Mohammadi has an extended historical past of imprisonment. She was arrested in November after she attended a memorial for a sufferer of violent 2019 protests.
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