Searching for Hassan: A Journey to the Heart of Iran

by Terence Ward

These elections have not been about overturning Islamic law. Iranians are proud of their revolution—it really meant something, because for the first time in thousands of years, the country was standing on its own two feet, no longer a lackey of the US or any other country. That part of it they don’t want to give up, and why should they? People just want a more livable life—that’s what they voted for.

“Beauty doesn’t produce Love, but love produces beauty.” —Leo Tolstoy

he recited the words of the poet Saadi: “Children of Adam are all members of the same body, who, in creation, were made of the same essence. He who cannot feel others’ pain, cannot call himself a son of man.”

Peace in two worlds is the merging of two paths Fairness with friends, fellowship with enemies. —HAFEZ

If you are not a traveler, how can you become a guide? —HAFEZ