Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Banner Left
Banner Right

Nobel laureate warns Iran protests could still flare

Nobel laureate warns Iran protests could still flare

MADRID – Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi said yesterday there was plenty of evidence that Iran’s recent elections were not transparent and warned that protests could flare up again.

The June 12 election which secured hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election, plunged Iran into its biggest internal crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution, exposed rifts in its ruling elite and set off a wave of unrest in which 36 people died.While mass protests died down in the streets of Tehran, Iran’s most famous human rights lawyer said sentiment had not calmed down.’The flame has dimmed, but it’s just waiting for an opportunity to flare up again,’ Ebadi told Reuters through a translator.Ebadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace price in 2003, said human rights abuses had worsened under Ahmadinejad’s first term and called on the leader to listen to the voice of the Iranian people.’Unfortunately we have much higher inflation, higher unemployment, more cases of human rights abuses and much more censorship,’ she said.Ebadi was in Madrid to present her first novel based on the real story of an Iranian family divided first by the Shah and later by the 1979 Islamic revolution. Her book has been censored in Iran.- Nampa-Reuters

Stay informed with The Namibian – your source for credible journalism. Get in-depth reporting and opinions for only N$85 a month. Invest in journalism, invest in democracy –
Subscribe Now!

Latest News