Middle East

Jailed Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Wins Nobel Peace Prize

‘BRAVE STRUGGLE’

The prize was given in recognition of her fight against the oppression of women.

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

Iranian human rights activist and the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) Narges Mohammadi poses in this undated handout picture.
Mohammadi Family Archive via Reuters
Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

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