My hopes for Iran's future lies with women first and foremost. Iran's feminist movement is very strong. This movement has no leader or head quarters. Its place is the home of every Iranian who believes in equal rights. This is currently the strongest women's movement in the Middle East.

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.

Everyone's condition is different, and the way that each person lives his or her life is different.

Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home.

North Americans do not understand that you do not throw down human rights like bombs on the Iraqis.

There is no "true Islam," just different interpretations.

Iran is a rich country, and if the people of this country are poor, it's because of the wrong policies of the government.