That first Muslim woman to receive a Nobel prize...

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Now, the "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran", while thanking all the members and judges of the Nobel Commission, congratulates Ms. Shirin Ebadi and the valiant nation of Iran. Also, this committee deems it necessary to personally thank Ms. Ebadi for the hard work that could be done under the contained environment in the Islamic Republic for defending the
destroyed rights of women and children as well as the victims of the chain murders, all of which have been directly victims of the theocratic fundamentalist and oligarchic mafia ruling structure.
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Iran Nobel winner gets hero's welcome