--- title: "1 Blindfold Quotes By Maziar Bahari" description: "1 Blindfold quotes by Maziar Bahari. Plus more from Maziar Bahari and more Blindfold sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/maziar-bahari-31065_blindfold_talking-to-a-prisoner-under-duress-can-b_315415.jpg" --- > [“Talking to a prisoner under duress can be the most shameful thing a journalist will ever do. I stared at him, willing him to look me in the eye. I held the blindfold on my lap so that he could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/talking-to-a-prisoner-under-duress-can-be-the-most-shameful-thing-a/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/maziar-bahari-31065_blindfold_talking-to-a-prisoner-under-duress-can-b_315415.jpg) ## Other authors on Blindfold - [Jarod Kintz 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindfold/jarod-kintz/) ## More by Maziar Bahari > [“Talking to a prisoner under duress can be the most shameful thing a journalist will ever do. I stared at him, willing him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/talking-to-a-prisoner-under-duress-can-be-the-most-shameful-thing-a/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“When I saw my backside, I gasped. “I have no ass!” I said aloud. “They have left me no ass!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/when-i-saw-my-backside-i-gasped-i-have-no-ass-i-said-aloud-they-have/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“After, presumably, Rosewater found out that Chekhov was not Jewish, he did not bother with any more questions about people with surnames ending with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/after-presumably-rosewater-found-out-that-chekhov-was-not-jewish-he/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/tsk-tsk-tsk-maziar-he-said-sarcastically-don-t-play-games-with-me-or/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“Jafaa. In Persian, this very poetic word refers to all the wrongs you do to those who love you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/jafaa-in-persian-this-very-poetic-word-refers-to-all-the-wrongs-you/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/seventy-four-suspended-lashes-for-having-tea-with-your-friend-she/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“I detested revolutions; I believed, instead, in reconciliation and reform.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/i-detested-revolutions-i-believed-instead-in-reconciliation-and-reform/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/do-you-think-we-re-like-you-americans-in-abu-ghraib-and-guant-namo/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“We were all caught in that uncomfortable zone between trying to save our lives and betraying ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/we-were-all-caught-in-that-uncomfortable-zone-between-trying-to-save/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“You need to have your lunch before going out to report on this ashghal,” she said, referring to Ahmadinejad. Ashghal, the Persian word for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/you-need-to-have-your-lunch-before-going-out-to-report-on-this/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“The next day, Sunday, June 14, Ahmadinejad held a press conference in the office of the president, on Pasteur Street in south Tehran. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/the-next-day-sunday-june-14-ahmadinejad-held-a-press-conference-in/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“No one believes in the koseh she’r”—the bullshit—“that you’re going to say.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/no-one-believes-in-the-koseh-she-r-the-bullshit-that-you-re-going-to/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“In arranged marriages in Iran, it is customary that after the family of the boy asks the family of the girl for her hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/in-arranged-marriages-in-iran-it-is-customary-that-after-the-family/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/when-i-asked-him-what-he-was-planning-to-do-in-canada-he-didn-t-have/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) > [“You thought of dying as a value. Young people these days appreciate being alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maziar-bahari/you-thought-of-dying-as-a-value-young-people-these-days-appreciate/) [Maziar Bahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maziar-bahari/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindfold/maziar-bahari/#itemlist", "name": "1 Blindfold Quotes By Maziar Bahari", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Talking to a prisoner under duress can be the most shameful thing a journalist will ever do. I stared at him, willing him to look me in the eye. 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