Iranian lawyer, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
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The first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded in 2003 for her work defending women, children, and refugees in a country where doing so required her to leave. She lives in exile in London and now drafts the blueprint for accountability if the Islamic Republic falls.
Born 21 June 1947, Ebadi became a lawyer, teacher, and judge in Iran before founding the Defenders of Human Rights Center. Her pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights — particularly for women, children, and refugees — earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, the first Iranian so honored. By 2009 the cost of that work forced her into exile in London. In March 2026, opposition leader Reza Pahlavi named her to lead a committee drafting transitional justice regulations: a framework for courts and fact-finding commissions to reckon with abuses under the Islamic Republic. Time magazine na…
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In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of society, nor the lowest.
I compare my situation to a person on board a ship. When there is a shipwreck the passenger then falls in the ocean and has no choice but to keep swimming.
Any person who pursues human rights in Iran must live with fear from birth to death, but I have learned to overcome my fear.
Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.
When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates toward terrorism.
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