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Witness History

Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In 2003, human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi became the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Six years later, she was forced into exile from Iran. Dr Ebadi has been talking to Louise Hidalgo about the award, her work and the personal price she's had to pay for it.

Picture: Dr Shirin Ebadi arriving back at Tehran airport after hearing that she'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, October 2003 (credit: Mohamad Eslami Rad/Getty Images)

Transcript

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0:00.0

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searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC sounds. Now here on the BBC World Service witness history with me Louis Adagogo.

0:41.0

And all this week we've been celebrating International Women's Day

0:45.0

by bringing you stories of women who've made their mark on history. In 2003, Iranian

0:50.8

human rights lawyer, Shirin Ebe, became the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman

0:56.0

to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

0:58.3

Six years later, she was forced into exile.

1:01.4

I've been talking to Dr Ebdi about the award, her work and the

1:05.3

personal price she's had to pay for it. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2003 to Sheerin Abadie for her efforts for democracy and

1:29.2

human rights. You know I had no idea I'd been I was not actually

1:35.0

I was going to be able to get a seminar

1:37.0

and the Paris for them.

1:39.0

You know, I had no idea I'd been nominated.

1:42.0

I was in Paris for a seminar and on the last day it was a Friday I remember.

1:47.6

I was about to get my Iran-air flight back to Tehran when I got a phone call and they told me that I'd won the Nobel Peace Prize and to be

1:56.4

honest I thought it must be a joke. I couldn't work out how they'd got my number in Paris and then I heard it on

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