When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, "Well, what do you think the United States should do?" My response is, "Why should the Un….

I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journali….

Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market. It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they ….

There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an exp….

Religion is separate from the institution of the state..

We should put away the militaristic outlook. The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region..

The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets. Well-to-do class….

Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks..

Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan. Recently, we witnessed massive demonst….

When I was on my hunger strike, and I was in a hospital, the guards who inflicted all manner of injustice against me, and all manner of hardship...I ….

Revolutions invariably don't solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea..

I am only speaking of my own behalf..

You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it..

We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights..

The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran]. There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposi….

Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don't have a nationalities problem, we don't have an ethnic problem. It is like ….

There's all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars t….

Let me begin by saying not only you can't have democracy with $75 million. You can't even have it with $750 billion..

There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on..

The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm, we believe in equal….

Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him. He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to d….