Nobel Foundation cancels Russia, Belarus, Iran invites to annual prize awards

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians and visitors stand in front of the Nobel Prize Museum in Stortorget in the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, July 15, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Nobel Foundation said on Saturday it would not after all invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm this year, reversing an earlier decision after widespread criticism.

Last year, the foundation left out the ambassadors of Russia and its ally Belarus because of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.