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Jason Rezaian, held for 544 days in Iran, was not a spy but rather a 'Washington Post' journalist whose work aimed to increase cultural understanding between Iran and the world. - Nazanin Boniadi
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Old-school Dire Straits songs are on heavy rotation: 'So Far Away,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and of course 'Sultans of Swing.' - Nazanin Boniadi
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am. - Nazanin Boniadi
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Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations. - Nazanin Boniadi
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career. - Nazanin Boniadi
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I retweet Amnesty International tweets a lot. It isn't just, 'This person is incarcerated unjustly.' It's also, 'This person was just released.' Those are the victories we work toward, so if we don't inform people of the victories, it does become doom and gloom. - Nazanin Boniadi
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I think a culture can really be elevated through the arts, and it's always a dream come true when I come across roles that enable me to fuse my love of storytelling with my passion for activism and raising social awareness. - Nazanin Boniadi
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For me, the struggle for women's human rights began the moment I was born in Tehran at the height of the Iranian Revolution, a time when the status of women was quickly deteriorating. - Nazanin Boniadi
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My parents realized the dangers of raising a daughter in a social, political, and legal climate that was growing increasingly oppressive toward women and girls. Although they fled to London when I was just three weeks old, the challenges facing women's rights in Iran became ingrained in my social consciousness. - Nazanin Boniadi
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Although it is hard to see why any sensible authority would feel threatened by the peaceful expression of one's point of view, there is a long history of trying to repress subversive depictions of political figures - back in the 19th century, for example, France's King Louis Philippe was depicted as a piece of fruit. - Nazanin Boniadi
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long. - Nazanin Boniadi
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I was always fascinated with science, and being Persian, it's instilled in us at a young age to follow something very academic in our career. - Nazanin Boniadi
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Frances Conroy - brilliant, brilliant actress. - Nazanin Boniadi
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For me personally, I'm an activist, so I see a lot of turmoil and heartache in the world and tragedy. - Nazanin Boniadi
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures. - Nazanin Boniadi
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Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised. - Nazanin Boniadi
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We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place. - Nazanin Boniadi
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It's tougher for women than men in Hollywood, period, if you ask me. As with most professions, women have generally not found equality with men when it comes to income and influence. There aren't as many female directors, producers, and writers, which translates to fewer complex roles for women. - Nazanin Boniadi
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