“The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.”

We can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.

Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.

It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.

The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.

The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].

We should put away the militaristic outlook.

We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.

They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.

I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.

The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.

You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.

Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.

The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.

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…

There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.

The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.

The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women

The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.

Most certainly, some planets are not inhabited, but others are, and among these there must exist life under all conditions and phases of development.

When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots.

When you have a well developed body and you’re confident, you see people bending your way, wanting to be on your side, wanting to do things for you.

Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.

People developed planes first and then took care of flight safety. If people were focused on safety first, no one would ever have built a plane.