Peace Prize Winner Greeted on Return Home
From Times Wire Reports
About 3,000 Iranians welcomed home Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport. The crowd clapped, linked arms and sang popular anthems dating from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
“This award means that the Iranian nation’s desires for human rights and democracy and peace have been heard by the world,” Ebadi told the crowd, brushing tears from her face.
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