Civil society Quote by Morgan Ortagus

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

Iran has a dismal record on human rights.

— Howard Berman

We shouldn't just consider the desire of government to do what it wants to do. We should always consider the resistance of people. The…

— Shirin Ebadi

The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate…

— Shimon Peres

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

“Look at America and England! Wherever there is dictatorship, terror, assassination, their hand is in it." "The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for international terrorist organizations, and abhorrent human rights practices pose one of the greatest threats to global…

— Allyson Schwartz

Iran is a country that talks about, denies the Holocaust, promises to wipe out Israel, is engaged in terror throughout the world. This is…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

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 Iranian regime gives financial support to terrorist organizations all over the world, denies the Holocaust, and calls for the wiping the state of…

— Moshe Katsav

The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Thus the regime has deprived Iranian women not just of their present rights, but also of their history and their past.

— Azar Nafisi