Physicist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for human rights activities

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 was awarded to Iranian physicist Narges Mohammadi “for her struggle against the oppression of women in Iran and her struggle to promote human rights and freedom for all.” Narges Mohammadi became the third physicist after Andrei Sakharov in 1975 and Joseph Rotblat in 1995 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.