When I was on my hunger strike, and I was in a hospital, the guards who inflicted all manner of injustice against me, and all manner of hardship...I could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.

There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.

We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.

The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public. In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.

The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States. We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.

Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.

I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.