IRAN CONFISCATES NOBEL PEACE PRIZE MEDAL

"Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal... from a safe-deposit box in Iran... They also seized her Legion of Honor and a ring awarded to her by a German association of journalists... Authorities froze the bank accounts of her and her husband and demanded $410,000 in taxes that they claimed were owed on the $1.3 million she was awarded... the government also appears intent on trying to confiscate her home. 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 the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her efforts in promoting democracy."
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