Terrorism is based on two major pillars: One is injustice, and the other is a certainty of attitude, the notion that their version of the story is the correct one.

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

Unfortunately the situation of human rights in Iran isn't improving. Some of the newspapers were shut down and the government didn't try to reopen the newspapers that were shut down before. And the laws are as bad as before.

The most important problem in Iran is that the courts have lost their independence, and they are under the influence of the Ministry of Intelligence and their people. This is why we witness a number of journalists and human rights activists, my colleagues, and a number of feminists, in prison.

Europe clearly is the only place where people can speak up critically, and this is a unique cultural value.

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

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