“The next day, Sunday, June 14, Ahmadinejad held a press conference in the office of the president, on Pasteur Street in south Tehran. In the large white room with its decorative varnished wood panels, I sat among the dozens of… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“Talking to a prisoner under duress can be the most shameful thing a journalist will ever do. I stared at him, willing him to… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“When I saw my backside, I gasped. “I have no ass!” I said aloud. “They have left me no ass!” — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“After, presumably, Rosewater found out that Chekhov was not Jewish, he did not bother with any more questions about people with surnames ending with… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, Maziar,” he said sarcastically. “Don’t play games with me, or you will make me angry again. Don’t tell me that you… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“Jafaa. In Persian, this very poetic word refers to all the wrongs you do to those who love you.” — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“Seventy-four suspended lashes for having tea with your friend!” she said, with as much hatred as I’d ever heard in her voice. “What do… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“I detested revolutions; I believed, instead, in reconciliation and reform.” — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“Do you think we’re like you Americans in Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo who torture people by keeping them thirsty? We have something called ra’fateh… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“We were all caught in that uncomfortable zone between trying to save our lives and betraying ourselves.” — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“You need to have your lunch before going out to report on this ashghal,” she said, referring to Ahmadinejad. Ashghal, the Persian word for… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“The next day, Sunday, June 14, Ahmadinejad held a press conference in the office of the president, on Pasteur Street in south Tehran. In… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“No one believes in the koseh she’r”—the bullshit—“that you’re going to say.” — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“In arranged marriages in Iran, it is customary that after the family of the boy asks the family of the girl for her hand,… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“When I asked him what he was planning to do in Canada, he didn’t have an answer. “I don’t care about myself anymore. I’ll… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“You thought of dying as a value. Young people these days appreciate being alive.” — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
