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2025/10/13
By Minoo Khaleghi
The Nobel Peace Prize has lost its meaning
Jurist and researcher in international relations
TEHRAN - The Nobel Prize, established under the will of Alfred Nobel in 1901, was meant to be awarded annually to “the person or organization that has done the most or the best work for the benefit of humanity” in relation to peace. Yet from the very beginning, the interpretation of its criteria has rested in the hands of the Norwegian Committee, and its decisions — especially in politically sensitive cases — have repeatedly stirred controversy.
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2025-10-11 21:38
Nobel Peace Prize 2025: A fusion of dynamite’s memory, fresh genocide, and coup dream
By Faramarz Kouhpayeh
TEHRAN – For years, many have argued that the Nobel Peace Prize has become a tool of Western states, used to promote opposition figures capable of replacing governments at odds with the West.
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2025-10-10 21:08
By Garsha Vazirian
Bloodied hands, misplaced laurels: Why neither Trump nor Machado deserves praise
Sponsoring war, sanctions, and regime change is not a résumé for peace
TEHRAN – In a move that pleased Washington’s propaganda machinery, the Norwegian Nobel Committee chose Venezuelan opponent María Corina Machado over a president who spent months begging for a medal.
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2025-07-08 21:49
War criminal Netanyahu can’t nominate Trump for Nobel Peace prize: Zarif
TEHRAN – Iran’s former foreign minister has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza cannot nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for Nobel Peace prize.
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2025/02/15
By Habib Ahmadzadeh
Mr. Trump, earn the Nobel Prize for a genuine step
TEHRAN – The ever-humorous President of the United States has expressed a fascinating ambition: to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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2024-10-11 19:30
Nobel peace winner Nihon Hidankyo says Gaza situation 'like Japan 80 years ago'
The situation for children in Gaza is similar to the situation in Japan at the end of World War II, the co-head of new Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo said Friday.
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2023-10-06 23:19
By Faramarz Kuhpayeh
On the Politicized Prize
How the West uses the Nobel Peace Prize to advance political agenda
TEHRAN – In a highly politicized move, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 to a female Iranian prisoner jailed for her anti-establishment activism.