EBADI RETURNED TRIUMPHANTLY, AS KHATAMI INSULTED IRANIANS

The Iranian Student Movement Up to the Minute Reports ^ | 10-15-03

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EBADI RETURNED TRIUMPHANTLY, AS KHATAMI INSULTED IRANIANS

Iran Press Service

TEHRAN 14 Oct. (IPS) “The Nobel prize for peace is not that important, as it is usually bestowed on political considerations. Look at some of the personalities who have received it, Anwar el Sadat, Yaser Arafat or Menachim Begin. But the literature or scientific prizes are most important, for they are given on researches and works”, said Iran's President Mohammad Khatami on Tuesday.

In his first reaction to the Peace Prize for 2003 offered on 10 October by the Nobel Academy of Norway to the Iranian lawyer and human rights campaigner Shirin Ebadi, a visibly jealous Khatami also warned her “to consider the feeling of Iranian people and not be elated by her new status”, as she has become the centre of the media and world’s public attention.

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