Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights.

We demand a non-violent world where human security is the basis of our common global security. People have the right to live in a world where the basic needs of all peoples are addressed. No more military attacks. No more war.

I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.

It is totally unacceptable for a government to interfere in the internal affairs of another government and send aid, money, and weapons, to the people who are against a certain regime in another country.

There is a verse [in the Koran] that says God swears by time. Anything you gain in life, you pay for with your time. Time is the most important thing that has been given to man.

While living in exile I have become the loudspeaker for the people of Iran.

No government can make me wear a veil, no government can force me not to wear it either