Marjane Satrapi Iran Quotations

I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.

The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea pigs.

The information I have about Iran is second hand.

It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women.

I call Iran home because no matter how long I live in France, and despite the fact that I feel also French after all these years, to me the word 'home' has only one meaning: Iran. I suppose it's that way for everyone: Home is the place where one is born and raised.

Death, torture and prison are part of daily life for the youth of Iran. They are not like us, my friends and I at their age; they are not scared. They are not what we were. They hold hands and scream: 'Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! We are together!' They understand that no one will give them their rights; they must go get them.

I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work I wanted to do.