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Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi

Human rights lawyer, Dr Shirin Ebadi, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to win it. Six years later, she went into exile

In 2003, human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi became the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Six years later, she was forced into exile from Iran. Dr Ebadi has been talking to Louise Hidalgo about the award, her work and the personal price she's had to pay for it.

Picture: Dr Shirin Ebadi arriving back at Tehran airport after hearing that she'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, October 2003 (credit: Mohamad Eslami Rad/Getty Images)

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