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Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants.

I'm not an Iran expert.

Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.

Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.

Lawyers work hard and, like us, they're human, many of them.

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

Foreign journalists have to have an approved interpreter assigned them, which they have to pay for, who also acts as guide. As an Iranian, even writing for foreign media, I've been mercifully unrestricted.

There are nothing but hardliners in Iran.

Of course I've got lawyers. They are like nuclear weapons, I've got em 'cause everyone else has. But as soon as you use them they screw everything up.

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.