The chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen,   announced, today, Friday, October 6, 2023, the winner of the peace prize, Narges Mohammadi,  by reciting a slogan associated with the women’s rights movement in Iran :“Women, life, freedom.”

Mohammadi is a prominent Iranian human rights activist and physicist who has been fighting against the oppression of women in Iran for the past 30 years.

Mohammadi’s focus is on the fight for women’s rights in the region. The 51-year-old is also a writer and deputy director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC).

She also works on broader human rights issues, such as campaigning against the death penalty and corruption.

Mohammadi won the prize “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Mohammadi is currently serving a 12-year sentence in Evin Prison in Tehran for charges that include spreading propaganda against the state.

This is not Mohammadi’s first sentence,“The regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted her five times and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes,” Reiss-Andersen said at the announcement ceremony in Oslo, Norway.