Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.

Democracy doesn't recognize east or west and democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy; there is just democracy itself.

Akbar Ganji is a human rights activist in Iran and he works on freedom of expression and he does his job very well.

My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.

Because of our youthful population, we suffer from unemployment in Iran. We need more universities and more job opportunities for the young.

The younger generation is essentially idealistic. This applies to the Iranian youth as well. In addition, the youth in Iran face certain difficulties... the Iranian youth need more freedom. They are struggling for more freedom and democracy. This commands great respect.

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