Women Cannot Sing in Public:
"Female singers are prohibited from solo performances in public in the Islamic Republic."
Ettela'at, July 10, 1991

Video Tapes Should Be Banned:
"We consider videos to be much more dangerous than drugs.... The Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance is one of the most adamant opponents of legalizing the use of video sets in the society."
Ettela'at, July 10, 1991

Writers Should be Murdered for their Fictional Prose
"Salman Rushdie, the author of the book Satanic Verses, must be executed on the basis of the religious fatwa by His Eminence Imam Khomeini. He has no escape from this fatwa."
-Kayhan, March 7, 1989

Women Belong in the Home:
"One of the major mistakes in the West has been women's emancipation which has disintegrated the family... Staying in the home does not mean being pushed to the sidelines. Looking after the home does not prevent one from a say in the destiny... We must not think that being social beings means having work outside the home."
Salaam, May 11, 1997

Iran “Cannot Accept Freedom”:
"If by freedom one means confronting the aspirations of this nation and the foundations of the Islamic Revolution and Islam, Iran's revolutionary people cannot accept it and will not allow it."
Kayhan, June 10, 1986

(Speaking inside Iran) The American People Have the “Shallowest of Cultures”:
"American people have the shallowest of cultures. [They are] a bunch of bullying, knife-toting adventurers. The worst of Europe came together and went [to the US] to find money. It is a culture without roots and based on the technology of force."
Ettela'at, July 7, 1991

(Speaking to the CNN Camera) Americans Have a “Great Civilization”:
"I have said earlier that I respect the great American people… When we appreciate the roots of this civilization, its significance becomes even more apparent… I say I respect the American nation because of their great civilization…"
Interview with CNN, January 1998

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