Nobel committee calls on Iran to free Peace Prize laureate Mohammadi


FILE PHOTO: Ali Rahmani, son of Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, speaks after receiving the award on behalf of his mother at Oslo City Hall, Norway December 10, 2023. NTB/Fredrik Varfjell via REUTERS /File Photo

OSLO, ⁠Feb ⁠11 (Reuters) - The ‌Norwegian Nobel Committee ​said on ⁠Wednesday ⁠that it ⁠had ‌called on ⁠Iran ​to ‌immediately free ⁠activist ​and ⁠Nobel Peace ​Prize winner Narges ⁠Mohammadi from prison.

(Reporting ​by ⁠Terje ​Solsvik; ‌editing by ​mark Heinrich)

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