– “Women, life, freedom.” This is how the Nobel Committee’s chairman Berit Reiss-Andersen opened his award speech and pointed to the slogan Iranian women have fought under. Narges Mohammadi has been at the forefront of the wave of demonstrations in Iran. She has long fought for women’s rights in Iran and calls for the abolition of the death penalty and democratic reforms. She has been in and out of prison and is still in the notorious Evin prison. From there, she has reported on the torture of fellow female prisoners. – The Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Nages Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran. And her fight to promote human rights for all, says the Nobel Committee’s leader Berit Reiss-Andersen. – Her battle has come with great personal losses. Calls on Iran to release her Mohammadi has been imprisoned 13 times and convicted five times. In total, she has been sentenced to 31 years in prison and 154 lashes, says the head of the Nobel Committee. – Mohammadi is still in prison when I speak now, says Berit Reiss-Andersen. When asked how the awarding of the peace prize to Narges Mohammadi will be carried out on 10 December, Reiss-Andersen says that the Iranian authorities should release her from prison, so that she can receive the peace prize. The UN is now calling on Iran to release Mohammadi. Photo: Instagram/Narges Mohammadi Huge demonstrations after deaths Exactly 20 years ago, Iranian Shirin Ebadi received the Nobel Peace Prize. Narges Mohammadi was deputy director of the human rights center that Ebadi started. Now they are both peace prize winners. In the past year, the world has witnessed a violent rage in Iran. It was triggered by the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, who I3. September last year was arrested by the morality police in Tehran because, in their opinion, she had not covered her hair correctly. Three days later she died in police custody. Under the slogan “Women, life, freedom”, Iranian women have challenged the strict and controversial dress codes imposed on them by the Islamic clergy. Berit Reiss-Andersen also began his award speech with this very slogan. The demonstrations in Iran were some of the largest since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Although the large protests have been quelled, they are still simmering. – Under the slogan “women, life, freedom”, hundreds of thousands of Iranian women took to peaceful protests against the regime’s brutalities and oppression of women, says Reiss-Andersen. The regime cracked down hard on the protests. More than 500 protesters were killed. Thousands were injured. At least 20,000 people were arrested and detained. – This award is primarily a recognition of the important work done by the movement in Iran and Narges Mohammadi. It is not up to the Nobel Committee to assess the impact of the prize. We hope that it is an encouragement to continue the work, whatever form the movement takes. – The undisputed leader Nobel Committee leader Berit Reiss-Andersen describes Narges Mohammadi as both a women’s activist and a human rights defender who has engaged in many issues. – She is the undisputed leader of many uprisings that have taken place in Iran over 20-30 years. Curiously, she is also the undisputed leader of the latest, strong wave of demonstrations that began last year. She is thus the unifying point that everyone looks to, even though she is imprisoned, says Reiss-Andersen. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB As Mohammadi is in prison, the Nobel Committee has not been able to convey the big news to her. – Now that the name is out, we want to contact various supporters, and then I hope that word of mouth works, says Reiss-Andersen. – The moment Narges Mohammadi receives the message, I hope this gives her a new large portion of courage and endurance to continue the fight. This is the Nobel Committee’s reasoning The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 will go to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight for human rights and freedom for all. “Zan – Zendegi – Azadi” “Woman – life – freedom.” The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 will go to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight for human rights and freedom for all. Her brave fight has cost her dearly. Altogether, the authorities have arrested her 13 times, convicted her five times, and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. Narges Mohammadi is still locked up. In September 2022, the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Jina Amini was killed in the custody of the Iranian morality police. The murder triggered the largest political demonstrations against the clerical regime since it came to power in 1979. Under the motto “Women – Life – Freedom”, several hundred thousand Iranians participated in peaceful protests against the authorities’ brutality and oppression of women. The clergy cracked down hard on the protests: more than 500 protesters were killed. Several thousand were injured, many blinded by the police’s rubber bullets. At least 20,000 were arrested and held in regime custody. The protestors’ slogan, “Woman – Life – Freedom”, covers Narges Mohammadis’ efforts and dedication. Woman. She fights women’s fight against systematic discrimination and oppression. Life. She supports women’s fight for the right to live full lives. This struggle has been met with persecution, imprisonment, torture and death. Freedom. She fights for the freedom to express herself and unfold herself; a fight against women having to hide and cover themselves. The protesters’ demand for freedom does not only apply to women, but to the entire population. Already in the 1990s, as a young physics student, Narges Mohammadi distinguished himself as a champion of equality and women’s rights. After her studies, she worked as an engineer and as a columnist in various reform-friendly newspapers. In 2003, she became associated with the Center for Defenders of Human Rights in Tehran. The center was founded by the peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi. In 2011, Narges Mohammadi was arrested for the first time, and sentenced to several years in prison for his work to help imprisoned activists and their relatives. Two years later, when she was released on bail, Narges Mohammadi threw herself into a campaign against the use of the death penalty. Iran has long been among the countries in the world that, relative to population, execute the most citizens per year. Since January 2022 alone, more than 860 prisoners have been sentenced to death. The fight against the use of the death penalty led to Narges Mohammadi being arrested again in 2015 and sentenced to another year behind bars. Back in prison, in 2015 she started a fight against the regime’s systematic use of torture and sexualized violence against political prisoners, especially women, in Iranian prisons. Last year’s wave of protests reached the political prisoners in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. Again Narges Mohammadi took the lead. From prison, she expressed her support for the protesters and organized solidarity actions among the inmates. The prison authorities responded by making the sentencing conditions even stricter. Narges Mohammadi was banned from calling and receiving visitors. Nevertheless, she managed to smuggle out an article that the New York Times published on the first anniversary of the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini. The message was: “The more of us they lock up, the stronger we become.” From prison, Narges Mohammadi has helped to ensure that the protests have not subsided. Narges Mohammadi is a woman, human rights defender and freedom hero. With this year’s prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will honor her courageous fight for human rights, freedom and democracy in Iran. The award is also recognition of the hundreds of thousands who, in the previous year, have protested against the clergy’s discrimination and oppression of women. Only through equal rights for all can the world achieve the fraternization of peoples that Alfred Nobel wanted to promote. The award to Narges Mohammadi is part of a long tradition in which the Norwegian Nobel Committee has given the peace prize to the fight for social justice, human rights and democracy. These are important prerequisites for lasting peace. Oslo, 6 October 2023 The peace prize winner’s brother: – Overwhelming – This is overwhelming, says the peace prize winner’s brother Hamidreza Mohammadi, who lives in Norway and has not had time to speak to the imprisoned sister yet. He hopes the peace prize award will give Narges Mohammadi strength in his further work. – She has worked so hard for human rights. Now it becomes an even heavier responsibility. She gets a lot of power and responsibility from this in her further work. Now the world has informed the regime that “we see you”. We hope it will be safer for those in Iran, where the situation for activists is very dangerous. According to Reuters, Narges Mohammadi’s husband Taghi Rahmadi says that this is a peace prize for the entire women’s movement in Iran. – This is an award for the “Women, life and freedom movement”. A prize for the people of Iran and human rights defenders, he says. Gharahkhani on the peace prize: – To all the brave lionesses who fight for freedom Storting President Masud Gharahkhani pays tribute to this year’s peace prize and says it goes to all the brave lionesses who fight for freedom in Iran. – I would like to congratulate this year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, from Narges Mohammadi from Iran to all the brave lionesses who fight for freedom, democracy and human rights against the brutal regimes. The fight continues until Azadi (Freedom in Persian), writes Gharahkhani on X/Twitter. Gharahkhani himself has Iranian roots. He tells news that this award comes close and personal to him. – Mohammadi is a well-deserved winner. She is a brave lioness and has stood her ground the whole way. Her involvement started with helping political prisoners. Today she herself is in prison, and has not seen her children and husband for many years, who live in exile abroad, says Gharahkhani. – She has received sentence after sentence, but has continued to speak out and has supported the demonstrations over the past year. After the Nobel Committee had gathered for the year’s first meeting at the end of February, the committee’s five members had a total of 351 candidates to choose from for this year’s peace prize: 259 individuals and 92 organisations. In the end, they were left with one peace prize winner. Alfred Nobel became very rich from the dynamite he invented. On his deathbed, he wrote a will in which he wanted to award a peace prize to the person or people who work to ensure or preserve peace. Reporter Lars Os asks, why do we have the Nobel Peace Prize?
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