Heard Quote by Akbar Ganji

Iran has a young population, and the desire to get out from under conservative religious social restrictions and to be able to speak their…

— Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Iran is barely over 50% Persian, and Arabs, Baluchis, Azeris, Kurds and many other groups feel left out of the society. That regime has…

— John Bolton

Unlike the U.S., Iran has no problems with low-voter turnout in elections; the last time, the government got the support of 110 per cent…

— Maz Jobrani

There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming…

— Moshe Katsav

As far as the 2009 elections go, there has been a serious crackdown on human rights in Iran, a clampdown on the media and…

— Nazanin Boniadi

It is clear that there are reasons for discontent in Iran - economic and political reasons. We have told the Iranian leadership repeatedly that…

— Sigmar Gabriel

The people are fed up with corruption and embezzlement. They object to censorship. The first thing that the people of Iran want is free…

— Shirin Ebadi

The thing about Iran is there are many political factions and it's not quite the dictatorial, authoritarian state with one person always making every…

— Hooman Majd

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…

— Shirin Ebadi

I think whenever Ahmadinejad opens his mouth in forums, especially in front of the U.N. General Assembly, those that are listening, especially Western officials,…

— Karim Sadjadpour

If (the West) shows its rigidity by making unjust decisions and putting their threats into practice, the Iranian people will not be the only…

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Because Iranians have had to fight so long and painfully for political freedom, they have a deep appreciation for its value - perhaps deeper…

— Stephen Kinzer