More to come on that later though. President Obama was unable to attend this year. Iranian human rights activist and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi was invited to speak in his place. I ...

an organization founded by fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. Mohammadi was held in solitary confinement for a month, during which time her brother says she was tortured.

It was cofounded by Shirin Ebadi, the only other Iranian to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Mohammadi is the 19th woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and the second Iranian woman after human rights activist Shirin Ebadi in 2003. Mohammadi, 52, has kept up her activism despite numerous ...