Ms. Ebadi, I would like to tell you how much we admire the courage you have shown in providing us with this testimony, given the extremely difficult situation that you and your loved ones are in.
My second question is more general. We know that the government of Iran that preceded the current government, the government of the Shah, that is, was very pro-west and even westernizing. Some people even suggest that the fall of that government was caused by its excessive westernization; hence, a reaction against the west and the imposition of a certain view of Islam.
Could you give us a few comments about your people, so that we can see the relationship between Islam and the way in which Iranian society should work?