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Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal

Published: November 26, 2009 9:59 PM
By The Associated Press  IAN MacDOUGALL (Associated Press Writers), NASSER KARIMI (Associated Press Writers)

Quick ReadIranian authorities confiscate medal from 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent.

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

Ebadi won...

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