"It is hopefully an encouragement to women all over the world that are being suppressed and discriminated upon in their home countries" says Berit Reiss-Andersen, head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, following the announcement of the Peace Nobel Prize, which has this year gone to jailed Iranian freedom activist Narges Mohammadi. "I hope for her release and I will appeal to Iran: release, do something dignified" says Reiss-Andersen during an interview with AFP. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES