Nobel Peace Prize-winning Iranian human rights advocate Shirin Ebadi is on a short visit to the United States speaking out against both American and Israeli military threats to Iran, as well as the ...

At an informal meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, the American ambassador called on the global community to give its “moral support” to protesters in Iran. By Farnaz Fassihi ...

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 ...

This past weekend, Iran’s judiciary barred human rights lawyer and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi from representing the family of Iranian-born Montreal photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. Kazemi ...

Ray Suarez leads a discussion about the work of Iranian attorney Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel peace prize. The Nobel committee recognized Ebadi for her work to promote ...

Shirin Ebadi (file photo) (AFP) On March 8, RFE/RL Tajik Service youth correspondent Abdulfattoh Shafiev interviewed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi about the struggle for gender ...

Shirin Ebadi, who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on human rights in Iran, will visit CU Boulder on Friday, April 7, for a special evening event, film screening and audience Q&A to be held ...

TEHRAN AND BEIRUT — Scores of young men gathered around the Tehran home-office of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, shouted slogans against her and vandalized her home in the latest ...