He had not seen his mother, Narges Mohammadi, in eight years, he said.
Paris:
The son and husband of jailed Iranian women’s activist Narges Mohammadi paid tribute to this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday.
“I am very proud of my mother, very happy,” her 17-year-old son, Ali Rahmani, said at a news conference in Paris, where his father and twin sister were also present.
He had not seen his mother in eight years, he added.
“The government is trying to free the prisoners in Iran,” he said. “This award is an honor for her struggle in Iran.”
Mohammadi’s husband, Taghi Rahmani, said the award was also “an award for all men and women who fight for Woman, Life, Freedom” – a reference to a rallying cry prominent during protests in Iran over the deaths of Iranian Kurdish women . Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody a year ago.
“Their voices will never be silenced,” he added. The Nobel Prize “will give them even more power to express themselves.”
Rahmani said it was not certain that his imprisoned wife had been told she had won the Nobel Prize.
“There’s a chance she doesn’t know yet,” he said.
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