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No government can make me wear a veil, no government can force me not to wear it either

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Shirin Ebadi
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 21
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
Judge
Lawyer
Peace Activist
Politician
Writer
Hamedan
Cyrine Abadi
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Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture which needs peace to evolve.
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Over 60 percent of the university students in Iran are female. The women in Iran are better educated than men.
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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.
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The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.
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North Americans do not understand that you do not throw down human rights like bombs on the Iraqis.
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Certainly, the fight against terrorism is a legitimate fight. And certainly whoever commits terrorism should be brought to justice.
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The diplomatic relations start when the two sides get a bit closer to each other, but U.S and Iran, they are drifting apart.
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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.
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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.
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While living in exile I have become the loudspeaker for the people of Iran.
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Maybe the words are the same, but the time is not the same. Iranians weren't working on achieving nuclear energy.
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Democracy doesn't recognize east or west democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy there is just democracy itself.
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There is no true Islam, just different interpretations.
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People are fundamentally good. But conditions deteriorate them.
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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.
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Iran is a rich country, and if the people of this country are poor, it's because of the wrong policies of the government.
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Unfortunately the situation of human rights in Iran isn't improving. Some of the newspapers were shut down and the government didn't try to reopen the newspapers that were shut down before. And the laws are as bad as before.
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Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran.
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Democracy doesn't recognize east or west and democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy there is just democracy itself.
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