Shirin Ebadi

Iranian lawyer, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

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Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner who put human rights advocacy on the global stage in 2003. Ebadi founded the Defenders of Human Rights Center and became the first Iranian to claim the Nobel, cementing her visibility as a democracy advocate.

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Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pioneering efforts for democracy and women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first Iranian to receive the award.

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