In a political move, the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded Narges Mohammadi, 51, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, claiming that she has been fighting "against the oppression of women" in Iran and fighting to "promote human rights and freedom for all."
"This political reward has rather turned into a [means of] financial support for the illegal activities of some of its winners," said Kazem Gharibabadi, secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights.
He defined some of those, who were really deserving of receiving a peace prize as the victims of the West's unilateral sanctions -- namely the Iranian nation -- as well as the victims of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's Western-backed war of 1980-88 against the Islamic Republic.
"A criminal and a lawbreaker," whose reception of the prize has been warmly welcomed by the MKO and the Israeli intelligence chief, therefore, did not deserve a peace prize, Gharibabadi concluded, referring to Mohammadi.