Shirin Ebadi Quotes

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.

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.

Because Of Our Youthful Population, We Suffer From Unemployment In Iran. We Need More Universities And More Job Opportunities For The Young.

When We Criticize In Iran The Actions Of The Government, The Fundamentalists Say That We And The Bush Administration Are In The Same Camp. The Funny Thing Is That Human Rights Activists And Mr. Bush Can Never Be Situated In The Same Group.

Lawyers Have A Dangerous Job In Iran.

The Government Of Iran Claims That Every Two Years There Are Elections. But None Of Them Are Free.

Terrorism Is Based On Two Major Pillars: One Is Injustice, And The Other Is A Certainty Of Attitude, The Notion That Their Version Of The Story Is The Correct One.

I Have Never Agreed With President Bush's Argument Regarding The Axis Of Evil. Unfortunately, Fundamentalists In Iran Have Used This As An Excuse To Brand Us As Allies Of Mr. Bush.

Some Criticize Me, Thinking I'm Too Tolerant Of The Clerical Regime In Iran. In Response, I Have To Say, I Have Served Time In Prison, I Have Lost My Position [as A Judge]. Do I Need To Prove That I Am Brave? Do I Need To Be Killed?

The People Are Fed Up With Corruption And Embezzlement. They Object To Censorship. The First Thing That The People Of Iran Want Is Free Elections.

The Role Of Iran Has Been Very Destructive. As An Iranian, I Apologize To The Civilian People Of Syria Who Have Been Killed As A Result Of The Useless Intervention Of Iran In Syria.

Over 60 Percent Of The University Students In Iran Are Female. The Women In Iran Are Better Educated Than Men.