Here's a summary of the announcement of the 2023 Nobel peace prize
Last year’s Nobel peace prize winner, Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Centre for Civil Liberties in Ukraine, says Ukraine’s future depends on the success of those fighting for freedom in Iran.
Narges Mohammadi’s brother, Hamidreza, said he is overjoyed after waking up to the news of his sister’s Nobel peace prize. “We hope it will be safer for those in Iran. The situation there is very dangerous, activists there can lose their lives,” he told Norwegian broadcaster NRK. Describing waking up to the news of his sister’s award, he said: “The joy is so great. I am so happy on behalf of Narges.”
The Nobel peace prize laureates this year and in recent years demonstrate that “democracy is in decline”, says the Nobel committee chair. By awarding the prize to Mohammadi, the committee hopes to send a signal to the Iranian government to “listen to your own people”.
Naming Mohammadi as this year’s winner is “first and foremost a recognition of a whole movement in Iran with its undisputed leader Narges Mohammadi,” says the Nobel committee.
The winner of the Nobel peace prize 2023 is announced in Oslo as Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her efforts to promote human rights and freedom for all.
That’s it from me now. Thanks so much for reading. Here is the full story from the Guardian’s diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour:
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Last year's Nobel peace prize winner says Ukraine's future depends on the success of those fighting for freedom in Iran
Oleksandra Matviichuk, the head of the Centre for Civil Liberties in Ukraine, which won the Nobel peace prize last year, said:
I welcome the Nobel committee’s decision to award the Nobel peace prize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran. We live in a very interconnected world. Right now, people in Iran are fighting for freedom. Our future depends on their success.
It is more than obvious for Ukraine. I live in Kyiv, which is regularly bombarded by Russian missiles and Iranian drones. If authoritarian regimes cooperate, then people fighting for freedom have to support each other much more strongly.
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