IRAN: Authorities confiscate lawyer Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize

LA Times ^ | Nov. 26, 2009

[nuconvert]

Less than a year after authorities stormed the offices of Iranian human-rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi, taking sensitive documents and her computer, unidentified authorities have now allegedly taken the Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma from Ebadi's bank safety deposit box, said officials in Norway, which administers the prize.

Outraged officials in Oslo say the incident is unprecedented and has sent shock waves through the Norwegian foreign ministry.

“This is the first time a Nobel Peace Prize has been confiscated by national authorities," Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Store said in a statement posted to his agency's website. "The medal and the diploma have been removed from Dr. Ebadi’s bank box, together with other personal items. Such an act leaves us feeling shock and disbelief.”

Ebadi was awarded the prestigious prize in 2003 for her many years of legal work advocating on behalf of Iranian political activists, religious and ethnic minorities, women and children. She was the first Iranian to win the prize.

But intimidation and harassment from Iranian authorities have become a part of everyday life for Ebadi. She has had her home vandalized, apparently by members of hard-line political groups close to the government, had her office raided and shut down by police, and has received scores of death threats.

[SunkenCiv]

Outraged officials in Oslo say the incident is unprecedented and has sent shock waves through the Norwegian foreign ministry.

The obvious course of action to take will be to give Ahmednutjob the Nobel Peace Prize next year.

[SkyDancer]

Ya, well I was trying to somewhat imitate his speech pattern but you’re right .... he does drag out words .....I can’t stand to listen to him ....so I usually don’t ... only those audio bites Rush plays of him .....

[LibWhacker]

Yep, the disgusting POS hasn’t uttered a single word of criticism of Iran for this.

[Publius6961]

In Norway, where the peace prize is awarded, the government said Thursday the confiscation of the gold medal was a shocking first in the history of the 108-year-old prize.

Iran has several firsts, in the infamous list of behavior among civilized nations.
The first takeover of a foreign embassy in modern history.
They seem to feel entitled to the arrogance that they accuse the USA of displaying, without having the actual starus, power or class.

Posturing is just another Iranian thing.

[supremedoctrine]

On top of the really serious stuff, this “cherry on top”
of the annoying speech patterns, just makes everything else
about him that much more irritating. And NOBODY seems to have noticed that people who really have something to say are able to do it off the top of their heads, think on their feet.....and are always ready for an argument. The only thing Obama’s ever been ready for is a speech, a speech already archived on a Teleprompter.
But even more annoying with the “Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”s was Mayor Eddie Koch when he had a radio show in the NY Market just after his “reign” as Mayor. Half the airtime of his show was taken up by “Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”