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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Watling

Children of jailed Iranian human rights activist accept her Nobel Peace Prize

via Reuters

The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf, having not seen her for seven years.

Ali and Kiana Rahmani, Ms Mohammadi’s twin 17-year-old children who live in exile in Paris with their father, were given the award at Oslo City Hall, before giving the Nobel Peace Prize lecture in their mother’s name. There was an empty chair on the podium between her children, to mark her absence.

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