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Europe clearly is the only place where people can speak up critically, and this is a unique cultural value.

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Shirin Ebadi
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 21
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Cyrine Abadi
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I have never been convinced throughout my life that one needs to be imitating others. I even tell my daughters not to look at me as a model.
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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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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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I know of no civilization that tolerates or justifies violence, terrorism, or injustice. There is no civilization that justifies the killing of innocent people. Those who are invoking cultural relativism are really using that as an excuse for violating human rights and to put a cultural mask on the face of what they're doing.
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We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure.
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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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The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.
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The younger generation is essentially idealistic. This applies to the Iranian youth as well. In addition, the youth in Iran face certain difficulties... the Iranian youth need more freedom. They are struggling for more freedom and democracy. This commands great respect.
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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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Because of our youthful population, we suffer from unemployment in Iran. We need more universities and more job opportunities for the young.
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There is a verse [in the Koran] that says God swears by time. Anything you gain in life, you pay for with your time. Time is the most important thing that has been given to man.
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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.
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People are fundamentally good. But conditions deteriorate them.
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When more and more people want something, it becomes easier to achieve that goal.
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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.
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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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Over 60 percent of the university students in Iran are female. The women in Iran are better educated than men.
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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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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.
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Unfortunately, violence begets violence. And this is how the war on terrorism seems to be going at this juncture. A lot of people are losing their lives. Many children are losing their parents. Too many houses are being destroyed. And, unfortunately, the arms industry seems to flourish.
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