Reason
11-30-2009, 11:34 AM
Iran Accused of Confiscating Ebadi’s Nobel Peace Prize Medal
The Iranian government has been accused of confiscating the Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi. The government reportedly seized the medal from Ebadi’s safety deposit box in Tehran and froze her bank accounts three weeks ago, claiming she owed back taxes.
Geir Lundestad, director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute: “We’re shocked by the actions by the Iranian authorities, she has done nothing wrong and we think she is punished in a totally illegal way. It’s not only she that is being punished it is also her husband and her friends and family members. This is totally unacceptable.”
The Iranian government has been accused of confiscating the Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi. The government reportedly seized the medal from Ebadi’s safety deposit box in Tehran and froze her bank accounts three weeks ago, claiming she owed back taxes.
Geir Lundestad, director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute: “We’re shocked by the actions by the Iranian authorities, she has done nothing wrong and we think she is punished in a totally illegal way. It’s not only she that is being punished it is also her husband and her friends and family members. This is totally unacceptable.”