My Nobel sister Shirin Ebadi is one of the most steadfast, determined women I know. She served as a presiding judge—the first woman in Iran to do so—until the 1979 Islamic revolution when she was ...
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi was facing a fierce backlash Saturday from some Iranians for joining a transitional body the son of Iran's ousted shah hopes will smooth his path to ...
INTERVIEW The Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, living in the UK for her safety, felt no sadness over the Iranian president's death after years of persecution by his regime ...
Here is a look at the life of Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Is the first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Is a campaigner for women’s and children’s rights ...
MSN: Iran Nobel winner Ebadi faces backlash over support for son of ousted Shah
Iran Nobel winner Ebadi faces backlash over support for son of ousted Shah
Yahoo: Iran Nobel winner Ebadi faces backlash over support for son of ousted shah
A plan by exiled Iranians to form a truth-finding commission and offer other types of “transitional justice” provides a moral alternative that might encourage regime supporters in new directions.
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