2023 Nobel Peace Prize | |
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Narges Mohammadi | |
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Location | Oslo, Norway |
Presented by | Norwegian Nobel Committee |
Reward(s) | 9.0 million SEK |
First awarded | 1901 |
Website | Official website |
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi (born 1972) "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."[1] She is the second Nobel laureate from Iran after Shirin Ebadi won in 2003. As of the announcement of the prize, Mohammadi is still in prison in Iran.[1]