Shirin Ebadi begins her speech by leading the crowd in chants of, Political prisoners must be freed. She then goes on to say, “For thirty years you have heard only of death and this is where it got us. Now is the time to talk about liberty. Long live Liberty.” Ebadi continues by saying that [...]

We will add English subtitles soon. In this interview, Shirin Ebadi makes these points: 1. Iranians are getting news from outside Iran, especially from the Internet. The problem is that the government of Iran has reduced the speed of the internet so that you have to wait 30 minutes for a site to load. 2. [...]

One of the people in attendance at the Amsterdam rally on Jully 25 made this excellent little film featuring Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and the human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan. It begins with Kader Abdolah’s amazing talk, in which he tells the croud, No more death. Just go! Akhavan says, “We can chant Death [...]

Sign Shirin Ebadi’s petition: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/united4iran/#signpetition Click here to view an interview with Shirin Ebadi. Shirin Ebadi wowed us all. She came early, gave one interview after another, sang with the volunteers, and shared in a group hug. After Halleh Ghorashi’s rousing introduction, she came to the podium to chants from the crowd: Ebadi! Ebadi! She [...]