FOCUS - DECEMBER 2023
Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammedi & Global failure at Iran’s Lethal arrogance 7th October 2023, was another red letter day for women power. On that day, the Nobel Committee at Oslo, Norway announced the award of Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammedi. Reportedly, the Nobel Committee recognized Narges Mohammedi, an Iranian by birth, for her “fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”. According to media report datelined Tehran, “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran condemned the decision to award Mohammedi, a criminal”. But print media informs that “Iran has arrested 50 years old Narges Mohammedi 13 times, convicted her 5 times and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes”. Above sentence of some 25 words has described the enormity of the oppression Narges had to endure and continue to endive in Iran. While the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced its decision to award the Peace Prize to Narges, she