Shirin Ebadi States Support for Iran Nuclear Deal

Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian lawyer, former judge, and human rights activist who was the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in 2003, announced her support for the Iran nuclear deal in footage published on August 23. Ebadi said that she agreed with US President Barack Obama that the alternative to the deal was war, and said this was not in the interest of Iran, the Middle East and the world.

This footage, which was uploaded to the YouTube channel of We Support Iran Deal and shared by that group’s Facebook page from the personal account of Mohammadreza Jalaeipour, an individual associated with the group, is comprised of Ebadi’s statement in support of the deal. Credit: YouTube/We Support Iran Deal