Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  How much choice did people have?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There were six or seven candidates. People could choose any of them.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No. That's what I'm saying. He was the best of the bad choices. They had to go through the filter of the Council of Guardians. Of course, many people were rejected, including former presidents. Only these people were available to the people. People were wise enough to vote for th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  What we have to understand about the Iranian government is that it is not North Korea. It is not Saddam Hussein's Iraq. It is not Nazi Germany. It is a country that is authoritarian, but it's not totalitarian. It's an oxymoron. It's an Islamic republic, as they call it. It is a

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much for your question. I think, as Dr. Shaheed said, the Iranian regime is trying to limit the space available to the Iranian people, especially young Iranians, as much as possible, to deny them physical space by persecution, incarceration, torture, and a crackdo

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I think it is a combination of the limit of his power as the president of the country, and also Rouhani, in his heart of hearts, is not a democrat. He is a businessman. He's a pragmatic politician and as a pragmatist, he knows that respecting human rights, not persecuting differe

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I was asked to be brief. It's a lie.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It is a lie, and I cannot say anything beyond that. It is a lie. Mr. Zarif knows it's a lie. Different people are trying to interpret it differently, that technically it's not a lie because he's talking about Jason Rezaian, and Jason Rezaian technically was not arrested because o

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Dr. Shaheed. Mr. Chair, and distinguished members, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. I am delighted to have the opportunity to address the Subcommittee on International Human Rights. I hope my contribution will be useful to the House of Commons.