Shirin Ebadi at a press conference in November 2005.

Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شیرین عبادی - Širin Ebâdi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's Rights Support Association in Iran. On December 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's and children's rights. She is the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to receive the prize. Shirin Ebadi File links The following pages link to this file: Shirin Ebadi Categories: Images with unknown source ... Shirin Ebadi File links The following pages link to this file: Shirin Ebadi Categories: Images with unknown source ... “Farsi” redirects here. ... is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the fish called lawyer, see Burbot. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

Life and early career

Ebadei was born in Hamadan, Iran. Her father, Mohammad Ali Ebadi, was the city's chief notary public and professor of commercial law. The family moved to Tehran in 1948. Avicennas tomb in Hamedan Hamadan or Hamedan ( Persian: همدان ) is the capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran. ... A US Embossed Notary Seal. ... Commercial law or business law is the body of law which governs business and commerce and is often considered to be a branch of civil law and deals both with issues of private law and public law. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Ebadi was admitted to the law department, University of Tehran in 1965 and upon graduation in 1969 passed the qualification exams to become a judge. After a six-month internship period, she officially started her judging career in March 1970. She continued her studies in University of Tehran in the meanwhile and received a master's degree in law in 1971. In 1975, she became the first woman to preside over a legislative court. For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... Tehran University is the largest university in Iran, with 32,000 students. ... For information about a medical intern, see the article on Medical residency. ...

Following the Iranian revolution in 1979, conservative clerics insisted that Islam prohibits women from becoming judges and Ebadi was demoted to a secretarial position at the branch where she had previously presided. She and other female judges protested and were assigned to the slightly higher position of "law expert." She eventually requested early retirement as the situation remained unchanged. After Islamic Conquest  Modern SSR = Soviet Socialist Republic Afghanistan  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Iran  Iraq  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan  This box:      The Iranian Revolution (also known as the Islamic Revolution,[1][2][3][4][5][6] Persian: انقلاب اسلامی, Enghelābe Eslāmi) was the revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza... A cleric is a member of the clergy of a religion, especially one that has trained or ordained priests, preachers, or other religious professionals. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Retirement is the point where a person stops employment. ...

As her applications were repeatedly rejected, Ebadi was not able to practice as a lawyer until 1993, while she already had a law office permit. She used this free time to write books and many articles in Iranian periodicals, which made her known widely. This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ...

Ebadi as a lawyer

Ebadi now lectures law at the University of Tehran and is a campaigner for strengthening the legal status of children and women, the latter of which played a key role in the May 1997 landslide presidential election of the reformist Mohammad Khatami. Mohammad Khatami (Persian : سید محمد خاتمی Seyyed Moḥammad KhātamÄ«), born on September 29, 1943, in Ardakan city of Yazd province, is an Iranian intellectual, philosopher and political figure. ...

As a lawyer, she is known for taking up cases of liberal and dissident figures who have fallen foul of the judiciary, one of the bastions of hardline power in Iran. She has represented the family of Dariush Forouhar, a dissident intellectual and politician who was found stabbed to death at his home. His wife, Parvaneh Eskandari, was also killed at the same time. Dariush Forouhar (1928-November 1998) was the leader of the Hezb-e Mellat-e Iran (Nation of Iran Party), a pan-Iranist opposition party in Iran which he founded in 1951. ... Parvaneh Majd Eskandari, Dariush Forouhars wife, became a member of the Hezb-e Mellat-e Iran when she was a student, launching anti-Shah campaign shoulder to shoulder with Dariush Forouhar. ...

The couple were among several dissidents who died in a spate of grisly murders that terrorized Iran's intellectual community. Suspicion fell on extremist hard-liners determined to put a stop to the more liberal climate fostered by President Khatami, who championed freedom of speech. The murders were found to be committed by a team of the employees of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, whose head, Saeed Emami, committed suicide in jail before being brought to court. The Ministry of Intelligence (وزارت اطلاعات), is the primary intelligence agency of Iran. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ...

Ebadi also represented the family of Ezzat Ebrahimnezhad, the only officially accepted case of murder in the Iranian student protests of July 1999. In the process, in 2000 Ebadi was accused of distributing the videotaped confession of Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, a former member of one of the main pressure lobby forces, Ansar-e Hezbollah. Ebrahimi accused his former associates of attacking members of President Khatami's cabinet on orders of high-level conservative authorities. Ebadi claimed that she had only videotaped Amir Farshad Ebrahimi's confessions in order to present them to the court. This case was named "Tape makers" by hardliners who also were/are controlling the judiciary system in order to decrease the credibility of his videotaped deposition. Ebadi and Rohami were sentenced to five years in jail and suspension of their law licenses for sending Ebrahimi's videotaped deposition to Islamic President Khatami and the head of the Islamic judiciary. The sentences were later vacated by the Islamic judiciary's supreme court, but they did not forgive Ebarahimi's videotaped confession and sentenced him to 48 months jail, including 16 months in solitary confinement. This case brought increased focus on Iran from human rights groups abroad. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Amir Farshad Ebrahimi Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (Ibrahimi), ((Persian: امیر فرشاد ابراهیمی; born August 14, 1975)) A former member of Hezbollah of Iran and an officer of Sepah (IRGC), currently a peace and human rights activist living in Germany. ...

Ebadi has also defended various cases of child abuse cases and a few cases dealing with bans of periodicals (including the cases of Habibollah Peyman, Abbas Marufi, and Faraj Sarkouhi). She has also established two non-governmental organizations in Iran, the Society for Protecting the Rights of the Child (SPRC) and the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC). Child abuse is the physical, sexual, or emotional maltreatment or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others. ... Dr. Habibollah Peyman was born in 1935 in Shiraz, Iran. ... Abbas Marufi (عباس معروفی; in Persian) (May 17, 1957) was an Iranian novelist, and Journalist. ... Defenders of Human Rights Center Defenders of Human Rights Center (also known as the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights, Persian: کانون مدافعان حقوق بشر ) is Irans leading human rights organization. ...

She also drafted the original text of a law against physical abuse of children, which was passed by the Iranian parliament in 2002. Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause pain, injury, or other physical suffering or harm. ... Image:DSC--Majlis5323. ...

Nobel Peace Prize

On October 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous efforts for democracy and human rights, especially for the rights of women and children. [1] The selection committee praised her as a "courageous person" who "has never heeded the threat to her own safety".[2] merican]] policy in the Middle East, in particular the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. George W. Bush has referred to Iran as a member of the axis of evil. is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... The subject of this article is the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... For the movie Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil, see Behind Enemy Lines II. For cosmic anisotropy, see Anisotropy#Physics. ...

At a press conference shortly after the Peace Prize announcement, Ebadi herself explicitly rejected foreign interference in the country's affairs: "The fight for human rights is conducted in Iran by the Iranian people, and we are against any foreign intervention in Iran." [3][4]

Subsequently, Ebadi has openly defended the Islamic regime's nuclear development programme: "Aside from being economically justified, it has become a cause of national pride for an old nation with a glorious history. No Iranian government, regardless of its ideology or democratic credentials, would dare to stop the program."[5]

The decision of Nobel committee surprised some observers worldwide - then Pope John Paul II was the bookies' favourite to scoop the prestigious award amid feverish speculation that he was nearing death. Some observers, mostly supporters of Pope John Paul II, viewed her selection as a calculated and political one, along the lines of the selection of Lech Wałęsa and Mikhail Gorbachev, among others, for the Peace Award. They claimed that none of Ebadi's previous activities were directly related to the stated goals for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, as originally stated by Alfred Nobel, and that according to the will of Alfred Nobel the prize should have been awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses". Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa (IPA: ; born September 29, 1943, Popowo, Poland) is a Polish politician, a former trade union and human rights activist, and also a former electrician. ... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: ), surname more accurately romanized as Gorbachyov; (born 2 March 1931) is a Russian politician. ...   (October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden—December 10, 1896, Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. ...

She presented a book entitled, 'Democracy, human rights, and Islam in modern Iran: Psychological, social and cultural perspectives' (2003,Bergen: Fagbokforlaget), to the Nobel Committee. The volume documents the historical and cultural basis of democracy and human rights from Cyrus and Darius, 2,500 years ago to Muhammad Mossadeq, a popular Prime Minister of modern Iran. He was overthrown by the American CIA and British MI6 in 1953 which then re-installed the monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. ... Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (Persian: ) (October 26, 1919, Tehran – July 27, 1980, Cairo), styled His Imperial Majesty, and holding the imperial titles of Shahanshah (King of Kings), and Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans), was the monarch of Iran from September 16, 1941 until the Iranian Revolution on February...

In Iran, conservatives and fundamentalists were either silent or offensive about the selection by calling it a political act. Iranian state media waited hours to report the Nobel committee's decision -- and then only as the last item on the radio news update. President Khatami has stated that although the scientific Nobels are important, the Peace Prize "is not important and is political". Khatami’s words raised objections in the general public, resulting in Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi stating that "abusing the President's words about Mrs. Ebadi is tantamount to abusing the prize bestowed on her for political considerations". President Khatami's comment, downgrading the historic significance of the Nobel Peace Prize, has angered many Iranians some of whom view his reaction as a sign of jealousy, as he was a Nobel Prize nominee for his dialogue proposal in 2001. President Khatami Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Mohammad Khatami (Persian: حجت‌الاسلام سید محمد خاتمی; born October, 1943 in Ardakan) is the fifth and current President of Iran. ... Mohammad Ali Abtahi (left) sitting with Mohammad Reza Khatami in the parliament Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi (Persian: محمدعلی ابطحی) (born January 28, 1960 in Mashhad) is an Iranian politician, presently an Advisor to the President. ...

After the Nobel prize

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In the spring of 2005, Ebadi taught a course on "Islam and Human Rights" at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law in Tucson, Arizona. For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... The University of Arizona (UA or U of A) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. ... Nickname: The Old Pueblo Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Pima Mayor Bob Walkup (R) Area    - City 505. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ...

In fall of 2005, Ebadi presented a lecture titled "The Role of Women in World Peace" in a Woman's Study Review held at The City University of New York (CUNY), Lehman College. The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym usually pronounced kyoo-nee or coo-nee), located in New York City, is the largest urban university in the United States, with more than 208,000 enrolled in degree programs and another 208,000 enrolled in adult and continuing education courses at... Lehman College is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, USA. Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, the school became an independent college within the City University in 1968. ...

In 2005 Ebadi was voted the world's 12th leading public intellectual in The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll by Prospect magazine (UK)

In 2006, Random House released her first book for a Western audience, Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope, with Azadeh Moaveni. A reading of the book was serialised as BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week in September 2006. American novelist David Ebershoff served as the book's editor. Azadeh Moaveni (Persian: آزاده معاونى , born 1976 in Palo Alto) is an Iranian-American journalist and writer. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... David Ebershoff is an American-born writer, editor, and teacher. ...

In May 2006, she delivered the Commencement Address at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan and a speech at UC Berkeley. It has been suggested that Student Funded Fellowships be merged into this article or section. ... For the railroad company, see Ann Arbor Railroad. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a prestigious, public, coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate and its bridge. ...

In September 2006, her presentation of a lecture entitled "Iran Awakening: Human Rights, Women and Islam" drew a sold-out crowd at the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series. The University of San Diego, frequently referred to as USD, is a Catholic university in San Diego, California. ...

On April 12, 2007, she gave a presentation on "Peace and Social Justice in a Global World: The Role of Women and Islam" at the Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO. She was the Keynote speaker at The Seventh Annual Atlas Week, a week for global awareness. Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Catholic Jesuit university in the United States of America located in St. ...

On April 30, 2007, she gave a presentation on "True Islam: Human Rights and The Roles of Faith" at Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL. She also received an honorary doctorate from the university. A garden sign welcomes residents and visitors to Rogers Park as home of Loyola University Chicago. ...

On May 1, 2007 Shirin appeared at the Performing Arts Center at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, at the request of the Persian Students of Cal Poly to give a lecture which mainly dealt with Democracy, Women's Rights, and American relations in Iran.

On May 17, 2007 Ebadi announced that she would defend the Iranian American scholar Haleh Esfandiari, who is jailed in Tehran.[6] Dr. Haleh Esfandiari (Persian: هاله اسفندیاری) (b. ...

On May 18th 2007 Ebadi presided over the Commencement ceremony of The New School at Madison Square Garden in New York.She gave a speech in Persian which was translated by a translator and she also received an honorary PhD from The New School. The New School is an institution of higher learning in New York City, located around Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan. ...

Publications

Iran Awakening, Shirin Ebadi's memoir.

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• History and Documentation of Human Rights in Iran (New York, 2000, ISBN 0-933273-40-1)
• The Rights of the Child. A Study of Legal Aspects of Children's Rights in Iran (Tehran, 1994)
• Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope (New York, 2006, ISBN 1-4000-6470-8)
• Democracy, human rights, and Islam in modern Iran: Psychological, social and cultural perspectives. (Bergen, 2003, ISBN 82-7674-922-4)

Law suit against the United States

In 2004 Shirin Ebadi filled a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Treasury because of restrictions she faced over publishing her memoir in the United States. American trade laws include prohibitions on writers from embargoed countries. The law also banned American literary agent Wendy Strothman from working with Ebadi. Azar Nafisi wrote a letter in support of Shirin Ebadi. Nafisi said that the law infringes on the first amendment. ^[1] After a long legal battle, Shirin Ebadi won and was able to publish her memoir in the United States.^[2]

Law suit over non-publication

According to the Associated Press, on August 27, 2007, Shirin Ebadi was sued by a Canadian author and political analyst, Shahir Shahidsaless -- who writes and publishes in Farsi-- in U.S. District Court in Manhattan saying she reneged on getting a publisher for a book they had co-written, titled "A Useful Enemy" after she was warned that the book's publication might spoil sales of her other books. Subsequently, Ebadi referred to self-interested political motivations as her reason for breaching her agreement with Shahidsaless to publish the already-completed book as a co-author, the lawsuit said. Shahidsaless said Ebadi suggested in November 2004 that they co-write a book in response to Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" theory, which some have used to argue that Islamic and Western societies are culturally incompatible.

Honors and Awards

• Awarded plate by Human Rights Watch, 1996
• Official spectator of Human Rights Watch, 1996
• Awarded Rafto Prize, Human Rights Prize in Norway, 2001
• Nobel Peace Prize, 2003
• International Democracy Award, 2004
• ‘Lawyer of the Year’ award, 2004
• Doctor of Laws, Brown University, 2004
• Doctor of Laws, University of British Columbia, 2004
• Honorary doctorate, University of Maryland, College Park, 2004
• Honorary doctorate, University of Toronto, 2004
• Honorary doctorate, Simon Fraser University, 2004
• Honorary doctorate, University of Akureyri, 2004
• Honorary doctorate, Australian Catholic University, 2005
• Honorary doctorate, University of San Francisco, 2005
• Honorary doctorate, Concordia University, 2005
• Honorary doctorate, The University of York, 2005
• Honorary doctorate, Université Jean Moulin in Lyon, 2005
• UCI Citizen Peacebuilding Award, 2005
• The Golden Plate Award by the Academy of Achievement, 2005
• Legion of Honor award, 2006
• Honorary doctorate, Loyola University Chicago, 2007
• Honorary Doctorate The New School University, 2007

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See also

• Iranian women
• List of famous Persian women
• Intellectual movements in Iran
• Persian women's movement
• Islamic feminism
• List of Iranian Intellectuals

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References

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• Kim, U., Aasen, H. S., & Ebadi, S. (2003). Democracy, human rights, and Islam in modern Iran: Psychological, social and cultural perspectives. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.