Nobel Peace Prize

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  • María Corina Machado 2025/10/22

    By Habib Ahmadzadeh

    The ironic enigma of the Nobel Peace Prize

    TEHRAN – In the Eastern lands where I live and teach as a university professor, there is no doubt that Gandhi, Mandela, and their peers stand as emblems of peace — figures I hold up to my students and my children as exemplars to learn from.

  • The Nobel Peace Prize has lost its meaning 2025/10/13

    By Minoo Khaleghi

    The Nobel Peace Prize has lost its meaning

    Jurist and researcher in international relations

    TEHRAN - The Nobel Prize, established under the will of Alfred Nobel in 1901, was meant to be awarded annually to “the person or organization that has done the most or the best work for the benefit of humanity” in relation to peace. Yet from the very beginning, the interpretation of its criteria has rested in the hands of the Norwegian Committee, and its decisions — especially in politically sensitive cases — have repeatedly stirred controversy. 

  • Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado 2025-10-11 21:38

    Nobel Peace Prize 2025: A fusion of dynamite’s memory, fresh genocide, and coup dream

    By Faramarz Kouhpayeh 

    TEHRAN – For years, many have argued that the Nobel Peace Prize has become a tool of Western states, used to promote opposition figures capable of replacing governments at odds with the West.

  • Nobel Prize 2025-10-10 21:08

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Bloodied hands, misplaced laurels: Why neither Trump nor Machado deserves praise

    Sponsoring war, sanctions, and regime change is not a résumé for peace

    TEHRAN – In a move that pleased Washington’s propaganda machinery, the Norwegian Nobel Committee chose Venezuelan opponent María Corina Machado over a president who spent months begging for a medal.

  • Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif 2025-07-08 21:49

    War criminal Netanyahu can’t nominate Trump for Nobel Peace prize: Zarif

    TEHRAN – Iran’s former foreign minister has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza cannot nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for Nobel Peace prize.

  • Trump Netanyahu 2025/02/15

    By Habib Ahmadzadeh 

    Mr. Trump, earn the Nobel Prize for a genuine step 

    TEHRAN – The ever-humorous President of the United States has expressed a fascinating ambition: to win the Nobel Peace Prize. 

  • Nobel 2024-10-11 19:30

    Nobel peace winner Nihon Hidankyo says Gaza situation 'like Japan 80 years ago'

    The situation for children in Gaza is similar to the situation in Japan at the end of World War II, the co-head of new Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo said Friday.

  • On the Politicized Noble Peace Prize  2023-10-06 23:19

    By Faramarz Kuhpayeh

    On the Politicized Prize 

    How the West uses the Nobel Peace Prize to advance political agenda

    TEHRAN – In a highly politicized move, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 to a female Iranian prisoner jailed for her anti-establishment activism.