“The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal.” HumansStoriesPastDemocracyRightsUniversalHuman RightsTerrorismDeterminedIranFascismFundamentalismRemindersDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Azar Nafisi
“Any person who pursues human rights in Iran must live with fear from birth to death, but I have learned to overcome my fear.” HumansPersonsRightsBirthOvercomingHuman RightsPursueIranI Have Learned Author:Shirin Ebadi
“Iran is determined to remove ambiguities, continue talks and win its rights.” WinningRightsDeterminedRemoveIranAmbiguity Author:Hamid-Reza Assefi
“Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.” HumansPoliticalLeaderRightsHuman RightsMinoritiesIranPrisonerPersecutionDisgraceShamefulDefendersIndictmentPolitical Prisoners Author:William Hague
“My hopes for Iran's future lies with women first and foremost. Iran's feminist movement is very strong. This movement has no leader or head quarters. Its place is the home of every Iranian who believes in equal rights. This is currently the strongest women's movement in the Middle East.” FirstsBelieveHomeLyingStrongLeaderRightsMiddleMovementEqualFeministEastIranStrongestQuartersVery StrongMiddle EastEqual RightsIranianFeminist Movement Author:Shirin Ebadi
“The Saudis have never shown any respect for human rights, either now or in the past. Even a petty burglar faces having one of his hands chopped off. The liberal press in America prefers to ignore all this, although they don't hesitate to blacken the reputation of Iran.” HumansHandsAmericaPastFacesRightsPressesHuman RightsReputationIranPettySaudisBurglars Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“I don't understand the United Nations. They have selected Iran to sit on the U.N.'s women's rights panel. Iran! Also on the panel - Ben Roethlisberger, Chris Brown, Phil Spector, Robert Blake and committee chairman O.J. Simpson.” NationsUnitedRightsBrownIranWomens RightsCommitteesUnited NationsChairmanSelectedBlakeBen Roethlisberger Author:Jay Leno
“Few Americans realize it, but the United Nations is driving to take control over the Internet. You remember, the folks who want a worldwide income tax and who put Syria and Iran on their Human Rights Committee.” WantHumansRememberNationsRealizingUnitedRightsInternetTaxesFolksHuman RightsDrivingIncomeIranSyriaCommitteesUnited NationsIncome TaxTake Control Author:Arthur L. Herman
“Sixty-three percent of our university students are female. But you still see violations of women's rights in Iran. A Muslim man can have up to four wives. He can divorce his wife without offering any reason, while it is quite difficult for a woman to get a divorce.” MenStillsReasonThreeDifficultFourWifeRightsStudentsPercentFemaleUniversityDivorceIranOfferingSixtyWomens RightsViolationUniversity Students Author:Shirin Ebadi
“Even if you look at Iran, those campaigners for human rights there, they don't want to have anything to do with America, because they are afraid that having American support will be the kiss of death for their movement. And that's really tragic.” IfsWantHumansLooksAmericaSupportRightsMovementKissingHuman RightsTragicIranKiss Of Death Author:Yaroslav Trofimov
“We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile program. And we will continue to enforce these sanctions vigorously. Iran's recent missile test, for example, was a violation of its international obligations.” HumansStillsSupportRightsExampleProgramTestsInternationalHuman RightsTerrorismObligationIranViolationSanctionsMissilesViolation Of Human Rights Author:Barack Obama
“The most important problem in Iran is that the courts have lost their independence, and they are under the influence of the Ministry of Intelligence and their people. This is why we witness a number of journalists and human rights activists, my colleagues, and a number of feminists, in prison.” PeopleHumansImportantProblemLostNumbersRightsInfluenceIndependenceCourtPrisonHuman RightsFeministWitnessJournalistIranActivistMinistryColleagues Author:Shirin Ebadi
“It is also important to respect the fact that Iran is a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, which treaty spells out the rights and obligations of signatures to the treaty and therefore that we can’t deny Iran the rights due to it as a signature of the NPT.” ImportantFactsRightsDenyDuesNuclearObligationIranSpellsTreatiesProliferationProliferation Treaty Author:Thabo Mbeki