“Back in November 2019, a documentary crew of four, headed by VICE founder Suroosh Alvi, went to Iran. We were lucky enough to have no particular brief, so we took the opportunity to travel the length of the country at what we thought was a time of upheaval but what turned out to be the most peaceful…”— Alex Chitty, vice.com
“At least 27 people have died from alcohol poisoning in the Khuzestan and Alborz provinces of Iran trying to prevent infection of the coronavirus, Iranian news agencies reported on Monday.”— Somiah Malekian, abcnews.go.com
“Should the Iranian nation beg for the right of exploitation of nuclear energy from the bullying world powers until they accept that the nation has a nuclear right?... No. This is not the way of a free and independent nation... Rights cannot be achieved by entreating. If you supplicate, withdraw and…”— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, businessweek.com
“Our people say ‘Death to America,’ and this is like saying ‘I seek God's refuge from the accursed Satan,’ which is recited before any chapter of the Koran, even before ‘In the name of Allah the Compassionate, the Merciful.’ Why is this? So the believer will never forget, even for a moment, the prese…”— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, memritv.org
“We believe that without respecting women’s rights, society cannot function properly and build a better life for everyone in every way. Women are not only half of the society, they are the essence of being and living as human being. Without their energy, no aspect of society can go forward”— Shervin Mazlum, clarionproject.org
“In Iran, there are no rights for any minorities at all — the only right you have is to be follower of regime without asking questions.”— Shervin Mazlum, clarionproject.org
“They have different agendas. For the West, they wanted to undermine the Syrian positions. For the petrodollar countries like Saudi Arabia, they’re thinking undermining Syria will undermine Iran on sectarian basis. For Turkey, they think that if the Muslim Brotherhood take over the rest of the region…”— Bashar Al Assad, legrandsoir.info