Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شيرين عبادى‎ Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first ever Iranian to receive the prize.

In 2009, Ebadi's award was confiscated by Iranian authorities, though this was later denied by the Iranian government, and she is be the first person in the history of the Nobel Prize whose award has been forcibly seized by state authorities.