Sadegh Zibakalam: The reality is that we are terribly backward in the humanities.

Sadegh Zibakalam: I do not believe in something called "Iranian-ness"

Sadegh Zibakalam: Basically, our view of the past is that we must put people on trial; we say people are either servants or traitors!

Sadegh Zibakalam: On the one hand, you are faced with a government that says, “Woman, Life, Freedom is a foreign theory”; and on the other hand, you are dealing with a student who says "this time, it’s really over"

Sadegh Zibakalam: One of the factors behind the underdevelopment of the humanities is the prevalence of conspiracy theories

Sadegh Zibakalam: If you get accepted to study social sciences at the University of Tehran, what do you want to do? Later, perhaps if you are a member of a martyr’s family or among the self-sacrificers, you might finally become a teacher!