Oslo, Feb 1, IRNA – Iranian nuclear negotiators are nominated for 2016 Noble Peace Prize, head of Noble Peace Prize Research and publicity department said in Oslo on Monday.


The head of the independent, private not-profit organization Kristian Berg Harpvicken who is among the jurors of the organization that nominates individuals for the annual prize said that the names of such negotiators as Iran's Mohammad-Javad Zarif and Ali-Akbar Salehi and the United States John Kerry and Ernest Moniz are among the 2016 candidates.

Among the other candidates for the prize Harpvicken meanwhile referred to the presence of the US National Security Agency (NSA) former contractor Edward Snowden, the negotiators in peace talks with the FARK rebels in Colombia, the democracy campaigners in Tunisia and the savers of the Syrian refugees in Greece as some other candidates for 2016 Noble Peace Prize.

By IRNA