Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi called Monday for intensified international pressure to help her country democratise and denounced the crackdown on opposition protesters. "I oppose military and economic sanctions against Iran as they will aggravate the situation," Ebadi was quoted as saying in an interview with South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper. "However, intensified international public opinion will contribute to Iran's democratisation." Ebadi, a lawyer and human rights... Read Full Story
by Hiedeh Farmani TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran has confiscated human right activist Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize medal and frozen her bank accounts to pressure the critic of the Islamic regime, her colleagues told AFP on Friday. Iranian authorities seized the medal and diploma that Ebadi kept in a bank box, drawing condemnation from Norway, which awarded the prize in 2003. "Her prize money was deposited in a bank account and it was used to help prisoners of conscience and their families," a... Read Full Story
Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel and 44 other Nobel prize winners offered their support Monday for Iranian dissidents, including fellow Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, telling them: "Do not lose hope." The open letter, published as a full-page advertisement in The New York Times, was signed by Nobel laureates from several countries, including Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. "We, the undersigned Nobel laureates, strongly condemn the flagrant human rights violations in the wake of the... Read Full Story
by Hiedeh Farmani TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran has "illegally" frozen bank accounts belonging to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi and confiscated her medal, in a bid to step up pressure on the rights advocate and critic of the Islamic regime, her colleagues said on Friday. Norway said on Thursday that Iran had confiscated Ebadi's Nobel medal and diploma awarded to her in 2003 from a bank box and that it had summoned Iran's envoy to Oslo in protest. But the Iranian foreign ministry denied seizing her... Read Full Story
by Hiedeh Farmani TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran has "illegally" frozen bank accounts belonging to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, in a bid to step up pressure on the rights advocate and critic of the Islamic regime, her colleagues told AFP on Friday. Iranian authorities have also confiscated the Nobel medal and diploma that Ebadi kept in a bank box, drawing condemnation from Norway, which awarded the peace prize to the Iranian campaigner in 2003. "Her prize money was deposited in a bank account and it... Read Full Story
by Hiedeh Farmani TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran has "illegally" frozen bank accounts belonging to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, in a bid to step up pressure on the rights advocate and critic of the Islamic regime, her colleagues told AFP on Friday. Iranian authorities have also confiscated the Nobel medal and diploma that Ebadi kept in a bank box, drawing condemnation from Norway, which awarded the peace prize to the Iranian campaigner in 2003. "Her prize money was deposited in a bank account and it... Read Full Story
by Hiedeh Farmani TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran has "illegally" frozen bank accounts belonging to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, in a bid to step up pressure on the rights advocate and critic of the Islamic regime, her colleagues told AFP on Friday. Iranian authorities have also confiscated the Nobel medal and diploma that Ebadi kept in a bank box, drawing condemnation from Norway, which awarded the peace prize to the Iranian campaigner in 2003. "Her prize money was deposited in a bank account and it... Read Full Story
Iranian authorities confiscated the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize given to human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, Norway said Thursday.
“The medal and the diploma have been removed from Dr. Ebadi’s bank box, together with other personal items. Such an act leaves us feeling shock and disbelief,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in a written statement.
Norway did not explain how it had learned of the alleged confiscation, and there was no immediate reaction from Iran.
Norway’s... Read Full Story
TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran has "illegally" frozen bank accounts belonging to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, in a bid to step up pressure on the rights advocate and critic of the Islamic regime, a colleague told AFP on Friday. Iranian authorities have also confiscated the Nobel medal and diploma that Ebadi kept in a bank box, drawing condemnation from Norway which awarded the peace prize to the Iranian campaigner in 2003. "Her prize money was deposited in a bank account and it was used to help... Read Full Story
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (UPI) --
Iranian officials denied allegations from Norway that human rights activist Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize was confiscated.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast also denied allegations authorities froze Ebadi's bank account but indicated the activist, who won the peace prize in 2003, is under investigation for tax evasion, CNN reported.
Mehman-Parast said Friday.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said
Store said the incident... Read Full Story
