Jailed Iran women's rights activist, Narges Mohammadi, 51, was awarded the   2023 Nobel Peace Prize .  She has been arrested 13 times, convicted 5 times and sentenced to 31 years of jail, with 154 lashes.  In addition to her other crusades, she has campaigned for the abolition of the death penalty.  Iran is the nation with the highest known number of executions last year, at 576. Noticed the  high number of strikes this year ?  Bet you didn't know that there have been 312 in the USA this year, with at least 453,000 workers involved.  Mostly in transportation, entertainment and hospitality. You would think the United Auto Workers against the car companies would have the most on strike, but there are at this point, only 25,000 walking the picket lines.  There are 400,000 UAW members. 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are on strike. The Hollywood strike is partly settled, but not entirely. Also in Los Angeles, in case you were planning to visit, are staggered hotel strikes. Note, h

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