"Any person who pursues human rights in Iran must live with fear from birth to death, but I have learned to overcome m…"

"Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization."

"When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally…"

"I compare my situation to a person on board a ship. When there is a shipwreck the passenger then falls in the ocean a…"

"In the last 23 years, from the day I was stripped of my judgeship to the years of doing battle in the revolutionary c…"

"In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons …"

"Man darf nicht die Demokratie zum Vorwand nehmen und ein Land angreifen. Die Menschenrechte kann man den Menschen gew…"

"Believing in the power of LOVE was what I held onto fighting for my dear life."

"When one's existence which has seemed quite secure suddenly melts away. . . when every security fails and every suppo…"

"I am fully conscious of the fact that my late husband and I did nothing special; we simply tried to remain human in t…"