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...rights of children and women, who in recent years has taken up the cause of persecuted activists. She was one of the 134 signatories of the 1994 Declaration of Iranian Writers, an early turning point in the pro-democracy struggle. "Her character is that of a fighter," says Shahla Lahiji, a prominent Iranian publisher and close friend for 20 years. Ebadi's mother Mino, 79, has long been proud of her daughter. "I cried all day," she told TIME as she served tea and cookies to family members at Ebadi's apartment. "We always encouraged our children to be active...
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