Hooman Majd

Foreign journalists have to have an approved interpreter assigned them, which they have to pay for, who also acts as guide. As…

— Hooman Majd

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

— Hooman Majd

“Some people he said, think that freedom means men being able to wear shorts or women to go about without the hijab.…

— Hooman Majd

The problem is that Iran has been identified as a dangerous enemy, and the longer the media forwards that proposition - and…

— Hooman Majd

If we cannot understand the depth of feeling in the Muslim world toward Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Islam as…

— Hooman Majd

Inside Iran, people are actually quite well-educated about America. There are things they don't understand, particularly in the government, but the people,…

— Hooman Majd

I grew up thinking of myself as an American but also, because of my parents and the Iranian culture that was in…

— Hooman Majd

I think there is an American attitude that is very hard to break which is "We're great. Who wouldn't want to be…

— Hooman Majd

If you are an [American] politician it's very hard to imagine. "Now we are going to treat these guys as our equals?…

— Hooman Majd

The Iranian government has become pretty open about the drug problem in recent years. Opium use is a very traditional, cultural thing…

— Hooman Majd

I can't speak for all Iranians, but I think that many of them would be uncomfortable with Ahmadinejad if Iran had nuclear…

— Hooman Majd

He had undoubtedly not availed himself of the ministry archives, archives that might have revealed to him that Iranian diplomats in Paris,…

— Hooman Majd

“It is perhaps because of the Iranian concept of the home and garden (and not the city or town it is in)…

— Hooman Majd

Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.

— Hooman Majd

I was born in Iran, left at a very young age-less than a year old-and grew up and was educated in the…

— Hooman Majd

It's probably more frustrating to me as an Iranian living in America than it is when I'm over there. Inside Iran, people…

— Hooman Majd

I know that my cell phone in Iran... is bugged, and they listen in, and my emails, I'm sure, are monitored inside…

— Hooman Majd

There has always been a confusion in the West about -Islam and about the Middle East and the assumption that the countries…

— Hooman Majd

I was born in Iran, left at a very young age - less than a year old - and grew up and…

— Hooman Majd

I think that the big issue people haven't talked about for the Iranians - and, obviously, for the Americans - is Iraq.…

— Hooman Majd

It's a tradition in Islamic society to issue pardons at the end of Ramadan.

— Hooman Majd

Nima Shirazi's is an important progressive voice in the Iran debate in the West, often deconstructing the myths (and sometimes propaganda) we…

— Hooman Majd

I got a couple of stories published, but the kind of money you were making for publishing a short story, I could…

— Hooman Majd

The city of Tehran is a very modern metropolis, and there's an emphasis in the Islamic republic on science and advancement and…

— Hooman Majd

This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that…

— Hooman Majd