The 51-year-old Ms. Mohammadi received the award, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, for her struggle against women's repression in Iran.
According to committee head Berit Reiss-Andersen, her struggle has cost her a "tremendous personal cost."
Currently, Ms. Mohammadi is incarcerated for ten years in Tehran's notorious Evin prison.
The honor was granted to Ms. Mohammadi for "her fight against the persecution of women in Iran and her fight to promote Human Rights and freedom for all," according to Ms. Reiss-Andersen, who spoke at the ceremony on Friday in Oslo.
She opened her speech with the phrase "woman, life, freedom" in allusion to the recent slogan of the widespread protests taking place in Iran.
She continued by saying that the award was given in honor of the hundreds of thousands of Iranians who had rallied against the "theocratic regime's policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women" over the course of the previous year. She claimed that the movement was led by the newly awarded Nobel Prize.
Along with human rights advocates all throughout the world, millions of Iranians will be celebrating this prize.
The decision of the Nobel committee also sends the Iranian government a very clear message of displeasure.
Ms. Reiss-Andersen also requested Iran to free Ms. Mohammadi from prison so that she might attend the award ceremony in December during the ceremony.
"Our main goal is that the Iranian authorities will free her if they make the right choice, so she can attend to receive this honor."
But it appears extremely improbable that the activist will be able to claim her award.
According to the UN, the prize recognized "the fortitude and tenacity of Iranian women and how they are an inspiration to the world."
In an interview with the BBC in 2020, Ms. Mohammadi gave an explanation of her motivation for devoting her life to furthering women's rights in Iran.
Supporting human rights initiatives and measures that work for freedom and justice everywhere in the globe, whether in Iran or any other nation, is crucial and heartening in my opinion, she said.
She stated that her main goal was to create an organization that would later protect people's rights.
"We can claim that we will be able to tackle problems connected to human rights if all our efforts in Iran, along with all the recognition and support from outside of Iran leads to the development of a body that would guarantee human rights in any country, including Iran," she said.
British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who stayed in Evin prison alongside Ms Mohammadi until her release in March 2022, expressed her happiness for her companion.
"I cry when I see it. She went above and above for all of us in Evin. For her bold struggle against the mistreatment of women's rights, the use of solitary confinement, and execution in the Iranian legal system, Narges is an inspiration and a pillar to the women in the female ward in Evin.
"This prize goes to every single Iranian woman who has been and continues to be a victim of injustice in Iran, in one way or another.
Ms. Mohammadi has been detained 13 times, found guilty five times, and given a total of 31 years in prison in addition to her current sentence. Additionally, she was given a 154-lash sentence; however, it is unknown if she has actually received those lashes.
She described to the BBC in agonizing detail how Iranian women caught during demonstrations were subjected to physical and sexual harassment in a letter she sent from prison last December.
She claimed that during the protests that followed the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, while in the custody of the police, in September 2022, such assaults had increased in frequency.
Later, the discontent extended throughout the nation, with demands ranging from increased liberties to the toppling of the government.
The world was enthralled by pictures of Iranian ladies bravely igniting their headscarves.
The protests have largely died down as a result of the violent crackdown by the Iranian government.
Ms. Mohammadi is the center's deputy director for human rights.
She was listed in the BBC's 100 Women last year, a well-known list of 100 remarkable and powerful women from throughout the world.
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