The city of Shaft is just like anywhere else in the country.

Opium, yes. You can smell it in the evening.

I saw him on television. I didn't vote for his promises. I just looked at him and saw he was just like us. So I told everybody I knew -- for example, my kids -- I told them to vote for him.

It was because of the shah. There was no equality between classes. There was a gap between people, and our imam said the reason was the shah, and he asked us to demonstrate against him. And this is what we did.

I have joined my heart to thee: all that exists are thou. O Lord, beloved of my heart, thou art the home of all; where indeed is the heart in which thou dost not dwell?

We're seeing more 100-year events happening more often, even every few years. The bar has to be higher.