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 ...

The Obama administration is working to gather international backing for a fourth round of UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. While the United States has circulated proposals on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would ...

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 ...

Here is a look at the life of Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Other Facts: Is the first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Is a campaigner for women's and ...