Mohammadi has been detained by the Iranian regime 13 times, convicted five times, and given a sentence of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes.
For only the 19th time in the 122-year history of the Nobel Prize, the Peace Prize has gone to a woman.
The chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, made the announcement in Oslo on Friday, emphasizing that the award is for the collective efforts of a larger movement in Iran. In her role as the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran, Mohammadi has always advocated for the end of the death penalty.
“What the government may not understand is that the more of us they lock up, the stronger we become,” Mohammadi told the New York Times last month. “I started campaigning in Iran 32 years ago, as a student. My goal back then was to fight religious tyranny, which, along with tradition and social customs, has led to the deep repression of women in this country. That’s still my goal.”
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