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Jailed Iranian women's rights activist wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

Iranian opposition human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is shown at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehranmon June 25, 2007. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images)

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Iranian human rights activist and journalist Narges Mohammadi. The award citation said Mohammadi received the prize for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and for promoting human rights and freedom for all.

The chairperson of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, made the announcement in Oslo. Reiss-Andersen began by quoting the slogan of Iranian human rights campaigners, in Farsi and English: "Zan, Zedegi, Azadi. Woman, Life, Freedom."

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