[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.

You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.

I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.

When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.

Revolutions invariably don't solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.

We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal - everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.

There's all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process, they obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.