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.

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 condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In certain countries, the conditions are much better and in others much worse.

Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran.

I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected.

When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates toward terrorism.

I am the voice of the people in Iran whose voices are silent and whose demands cannot be heard by the rest of the world.