Believe Quote by Shirin Ebadi

I think women in Iran are very resilient and I am very proud of all the Iranian women that are standing up for their…

— Anousheh Ansari

Iranian women are very consciously aware of gender-explicit oppression. Therefore: with so much more at stake, Iranian women have each other's back: on the…

— Inga Muscio

I always want to remain positive. In our long history, Iran has been invaded by so many other countries and despite it all, the…

— Farah Diba

“If Islamic countries can’t come up with their own principles for women’s competition,” she said in one widely reported speech, “then the way dictated…

— Geraldine Brooks

Iranian women are very courageous and active, even with all the oppression.

— Farah Diba

In Iran, the women are like Italian women, they rule the house inside. But it's full of life. The history is very rich. The…

— Juliette Binoche

For more than 30 years the Islamic regime and its apologists have tried to dismiss women's struggle in Iran as part of a western ploy.

— Azar Nafisi

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

— Azar Nafisi

I hope that things will change, because it's a pity that a country like Iran is not where it should be, or where it…

— Farah Diba

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

Over 60 percent of the university students in Iran are female. The women in Iran are better educated than men.

— Shirin Ebadi

We have a rare chance to pursue a new path, a different, better future that delivers progress for both our peoples and the wider…

— Barack Obama