Imprisoned Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Awarded 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

Mohammadi's Children Accept Award on Her Behalf, Read Speech Denouncing Iran's 'Tyrannical and Anti-Women Religious' Government

Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her decades of activism against the Iranian government's oppression of women and human rights violations.
Mohammadi's 17-year-old twins, Ali and Kiana, who live in exile in France, accepted the award on her behalf and read out a speech she had smuggled out of her prison cell.
In her speech, Mohammadi denounced the 'tyrannical and anti-women religious' government in Iran and expressed confidence that the Iranian people will 'dismantle obstruction and despotism' through their persistence.
Mohammadi is a leading figure in the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement, which was triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody for allegedly violating Iran's strict headscarf law.
On the day of the Nobel ceremony, Mohammadi began a hunger strike in solidarity with the persecuted Baha’i religious minority in Iran.