Usually, in any revolution people are focused on who wants to have the most power. But the most important thing is the laws that are written during that time.

Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants.

Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran.

I have never been convinced throughout my life that one needs to be imitating others. I even tell my daughters not to look at me as a model.

The people are fed up with corruption and embezzlement. They object to censorship. The first thing that the people of Iran want is free elections.

When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group.

Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture which needs peace to evolve.