Nobel Peace Prize winner says Iranian people will prevail against rulers

Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja receive Ali and Kiana Rahmani, the children of this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist, at an audience at the Palace in Oslo, Norway December 10, 2023. Also present are Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit. NTB/Hanna Johre via REUTERS

OSLO (Reuters) - The Iranian people will ultimately overcome authoritarianism imposed by a government that has lost legitimacy and public support, Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said from prison in a speech read by her children on Sunday.

The Norwegian Nobel committee in October awarded the prize to Mohammadi, 51, for her non-violent fight "against oppression of women in Iran" and the promotion of human rights for all, in a rebuke to Tehran's theocratic leaders.