Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani Chafi said awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was a political move that showed a “disappointing deviation” from the committee’s original goals. This was reported by TASS.
In his opinion, the Nobel Committee’s decision is a political act “consistent with the interventionist and anti-Iran policies of some European governments, and at the same time represents a disappointing departure from its original goals.”
Before that, press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov statedWhat
The Kremlin has no reaction to the Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Peace Prize to Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammedi.
On October 6, information appeared on the Nobel Committee’s website that the 2023 Peace Prize was received by Nargiz Mohammadi, vice president of the human rights center “Defenders of Human Rights”. The statement stated that the decision to give the award to the activist was taken due to her “fight against the oppression of women in Iran.”
Previously in Iran organized Regular patrols to monitor the wearing of headscarves.
Source: Gazeta
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