Conservative Quote by Hassan Rouhani

The most important problem in Iran is that the courts have lost their independence, and they are under the influence of the Ministry of…

— Shirin Ebadi

In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of…

— Elliott Abrams

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

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

The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

In Iran, people are free to express their views. Every day, some people criticize the policies of the government.

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran has a dismal record on human rights.

— Howard Berman

Iran is hard to understand. Although it is ruled in an authoritarian manner, it's not a state in which everything is controlled from one…

— Shahin Najafi

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

Obviously Iran is a very large problem. It's hard to decide what the number one issue [is], but that is a very threatening problem.

— Madeleine Albright