<h5>Who received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize?</h5><p>Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was announced as the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner. However, she couldn’t receive her prize in person during a ceremony held recently in Oslo, Norway. The twin children of Narges Mohammadi collected the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.</p><p>Narges Mohammadi is currently serving a 10-year jail term in Tehran, Iran. During the ceremony, Mohammadi's children read her speech that was smuggled out from the prison. In the speech, she criticised Iran's oppressive government.</p><p>Mohammadi has been a famous human rights activist in Iran for many years. Since 2010, she has been arrested and sent to jail many times. She is currently imprisoned for spreading propaganda against the government.</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <video width="100%" controls=""> <source src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/jailed-iranian-activist-receives-nobel-peace-prize%2FPeace.mp4?alt=media&amp;token=76a273fb-d35a-4018-a486-8d127a06e5ba" type="video/mp4"> </video> <figcaption>A video showing Narges Mohammadi’s children accepting the award on her behalf. Video by The Nobel Prize.</figcaption> </figure></div><h5>Why was she presented with the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/jailed-iranian-activist-receives-nobel-peace-prize%2FNobel.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=d4165dd9-8c11-46d0-9db6-e52ed762bbee"><figcaption>The twin children of Narges Mohammadi accept the award on her behalf. Photo by the BBC.</figcaption></figure><p>The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi for her efforts to end women's oppression in Iran and to promote human rights and freedom for all.</p><p>The committee also gave her the award to recognise her brave fight for human rights, freedom, and democracy in Iran. This year's Nobel Peace Prize also acknowledges those who have protested in previous years against the Iranian government’s practices of oppression and discrimination against women.</p><p>Since her early days, Mohammadi has been pushing for equality and women's rights. She was arrested and imprisoned in 2011 for her support of imprisoned activists and their families. She has also actively campaigned against the death penalty and the use of violence and torture against Iranian prisoners, especially women.</p><p>Also, during the protests that began last year, Mohammadi expressed support and organised solidarity actions from inside the prison. The authorities responded by imposing stricter limits on her. However, she didn’t back down, and even during her imprisonment, Mohammadi played a crucial role in keeping the protests going.</p><h5>Why did protests begin in Iran in 2022?</h5><p>In 2022, Mahsa Amini died while in the custody of Iran’s morality police. After this, thousands of Iranians started protesting. Such protests have since erupted into calls for a change in Iran’s government.</p><p>Amini was a 22-year-old Iranian woman. She was arrested on 13th September 2022 by Iran's morality police for wearing her headscarf "improperly." Her family claims she was abused by police and died in custody three days after her arrest. As news of her killing became public, protests erupted across Iran. You can read this <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/anti-hijab-protests-in-iran">article</a> for more information regarding the protests.</p>

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