Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi
Jan 16, 2026•56 min
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Episode description
The Iranian peoples' call for freedom was heard all over the world, but has a bloody crackdown crushed the uprising? Shirin Ebadi was Iran's first female judge, but was demoted following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. But she kept advocating for women and human rights, and in 2003, became Iran's first Nobel Peace Prize winner. Shirin Ebadi joins the show from London.
Also on today's show: author Theodor Meron; author Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel
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