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Nobel Peace Prize winners from Iran and other countries have called for international action and a change of government in Iran amid escalating conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States.
The fighting has intensified over the past two days, with reports claiming the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran has launched retaliatory attacks on US bases across the Middle East, while Israeli strikes have reportedly killed at least 180 people at a school in Iran. Several countries and the United Nations have urged restraint and an end to the violence.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, awarded in 2023 for her fight against women’s oppression, remains imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison. Despite long incarceration and multiple convictions totaling 31 years, she has continued to campaign against the death penalty and alleged torture and sexual abuse of detainees. The Nobel Committee has repeatedly demanded her release.
Another Iranian Nobel laureate, Shirin Ebadi, who won the Peace Prize in 2003, has long advocated for human rights, women’s and children’s rights, and the separation of religion and state in Iran. She has consistently supported Mohammadi and called for reforms to Iran’s political system.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has also criticised Iran’s leadership, describing it as authoritarian and urging democratic governments to take stronger action. She said authoritarian regimes cooperate with each other to evade sanctions and suppress dissent, warning that Iranians have reached a breaking point.
Earlier this year, a group of 113 Nobel Prize winners issued a joint statement condemning what they described as “grave” human rights violations in Iran, including the killing of protesters and increased use of the death penalty. They called on world leaders to take practical steps to support political change, backing demands for a democratic, pluralistic republic free from both monarchic and religious dictatorship.
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