There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it.
“I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out.”
“By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.”