Q&A: "Neglecting Democracy Is More Dangerous Than Nuclear Weapons"
Interview with Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) - While the United States and Britain are talking about tougher sanctions on Iran, including sanctions on its gas and oil industry -- Tehran's major source of revenue -- Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Noble Peace Prize laureate and international human rights defender, argues that this tactic has not weakened the government, but the Iranian people.

(Read the rest of my interview with Shirin Ebadi here...)