The Nobel Peace Prize 2023
Awarded on: 2023-10-06
"for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all"
Narges Mohammadi
Born: 1972-04-21 in Zanjan, Iran
Gender: female
Field: Iranian human rights activist (born 1972)
Biography
Narges Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Between 1998 and October 2023, Mohammadi was arrested 13 times and sentenced to 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. She has been the recipient of many human rights awards. In October 2023, while in prison, she was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all".