Shirin Ebadi
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Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist who has dedicated her career to defending the rights of women, children, and political prisoners in Iran despite significant personal risk. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, becoming the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to receive this honor, which brought international recognition to her work promoting justice and democracy.
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- 1947
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- Nasrin — Self2020
- Femme — Self2013
- The Green Wave — Herself2012
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Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شيرين عبادى, romanized: Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pioneering efforts for democracy and women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first Iranian to receive the award.
She has lived in exile in London since 2009. In March 2026, Iranian opposition leader Reza Pahlavi said that Ebadi would lead a committee to draft regulations for transitional justice in Iran, creating a framework for a court and fact-finding commission to address human rights violations under the Islamic Republic. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in 2026 by Time magazine.
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1947 birthsAcademic staff of the University of TehranCarnegie Council for Ethics in International AffairsChildren's rights activistsCommanders of the Legion of HonourFirst women judgesInconsistent articlesIranian democracy activistsIranian dissidentsIranian emigrants to the United KingdomIranian exilesIranian feminists