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When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which…

— Azar Nafisi

I was born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh. I've never been to Iran, I don't speak the language, and, probably most important of…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic.

— Azar Nafisi

Freedoms in Iran are genuine, true freedoms. Iranian people are free. Women in Iran enjoy the highest levels of freedom. In Iran, we don't…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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

— Hooman Majd

I prefer to stay in my country. But this doesn't mean if someone does want to leave Iran, I think they've done something wrong…

— Asghar Farhadi

I left Iran back in 1985. I lived in Turkey for a while, then I went to Germany. I joined a theater company there,…

— Navid Negahban

I do want to once again speak directly to the Iranian people. Yours is a great civilization with a vibrant culture that has so…

— Barack Obama

Iran is amazing. It's beautiful. It has everything, everything you want.

— Beneil Dariush

Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're there you see little kids, cops,…

— Viggo Mortensen

My father had to go back to Iran to take care of his father when I was 13 and was detained for six years…

— Dara Khosrowshahi

Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned…

— Fareed Zakaria