“Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or her country of origin, religion, descent, or any other ground.” HumansCountryGovernmentCertainHurtRightsDignityUniversalHuman RightsContraryDiscriminationTortureArbitraryDescentHuman DignityDetention Author:Shirin Ebadi
“It is totally unacceptable for a government to interfere in the internal affairs of another government and send aid, money, and weapons, to the people who are against a certain regime in another country.” PeopleCountryGovernmentCertainWeaponsAffairAidsInternalsRegimesInterfereInternal Affairs Author:Shirin Ebadi
“The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In certain countries, the conditions are much better and in others much worse. For example, the conditions women face even in Egypt differ a whole lot from what their Iranian counterparts deal with. The condition of women in Pakistan is far different from that in Saudi Arabia. This shows that you can have different interpretations of Islam.” DifferentCountryIslamAcknowledgeIslamicIranian Author:Shirin Ebadi
“Iran is a rich country, and if the people of this country are poor, it's because of the wrong policies of the government.” PeopleCountryPoorRichPolicy Author:Shirin Ebadi
“If you study the behavior or the attitude of Syria, Iran, and U.S., you understand that these three countries can't come to terms with each other.” CountryTermAttitudeStudyBehaviorSyria Author:Shirin Ebadi
“Americans shouldn't start a military attack, and they shouldn't bombard Iran, and they shouldn't interfere with the internal affairs of the country. And the Americans should pay more attention to the human right issues in Iran.” CountryAttentionMilitaryAffairInterfere Author:Shirin Ebadi
“Israel is a country and should exist. And a country by the name of Palestine should be made. Two different governments of Palestine and Israel can live beside each other happily and both of them should recognize each other.” DifferentCountryPalestine Author:Shirin Ebadi
“I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected.” GivingHumansCountryLeaderRightsExampleLessonsHuman RightsOther CountriesSaddamHussein Author:Shirin Ebadi
“The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In certain countries, the conditions are much better and in others much worse.” ShouldCountryWholeCertainDifferencesConditionsAcknowledgeIslamicDesirableIslamic Society Author:Shirin Ebadi
“The international community can't trust such a government. If the government of Iran wants the international community to believe in what it says, it should try to bring true, pure democracy into the country. The political solution to the energy issue or the nuclear case is democracy in Iran.” IfsWantShouldTryingBelieveCountryGovernmentPoliticalEnergyCommunityCasesDemocracyIssuesPureSolutionsInternationalNuclearIranInternational Community Author:Shirin Ebadi
