But she also spoke of the following facts: how much the civil population suffers from the present government, how little they stand behind their top government leaders, and how unfair are the economic sanctions of the West because they do not touch the country powers but the common population who becomes impoverished daily.

Fury was to be felt in her explanations, when she spoke: about the disastrous results caused by the foreign intrusion of the US politics in the Middle East, about the consequences of these interferences on the everyday life, about the justified rancour of the Iranian men and women, which likewise was also felt by the Iraqis and neighboring regions; and above all, the fury felt by the youth towards the USA who became more and more an enemy.

She sees only the following possibilities for a remaining peace and a turning away from the Islamic Fundamentalism in the region:

A political solution to the twin crises of Lebanon and Palestine, the withdrawal of the US troops from the entire Middle East, and the end of the dangerous weapon alliances and economic-political outside interferences.

With reference to the question of women's rights, she emphasized that religion is abused in most cases to legitimize patriarchy and to stick to the status quo.

A correct interpretation of the Islam promotes the equal opportunities and does not hinder it. She spoke of the high educational degree of the Iranian women and their slim occupational outlook for qualified professions and positions, the difficult women's everyday life and many examples of discrimination in the law (as a result of the Islamic revolution).

Besides, she mentioned some campaigns and protest actions of the Iranian women who have become known through the women's solidarity from abroad, e.g. the collection of signatures.

„ A million signatures for the amendment of the women’s discriminating laws “

In 2006 a demonstration which was directed against women's-hostile laws took place in Tehran at the "Hafte Tir Square “. The women activists translated the resolution which was made there with great effort into action. Purpose is to collect a million signatures to amend these laws. Some of the activists were arrested on account of their engagement; www.change4equality.com

Yesterday Amnesty International keenly collected signatures for this campaign in the Kurhaus. Shirin Ebadi is one of the most important supporters of this battle. One of her “comrades-in-arms”, Mansoureh Shojaie, the manager of the women's library in Teheran (www.womenlibraryir.com) was banned on leaving the country after she had become active likewise. She wanted to take part together with Ebadi at the 1st Women's Museum Congress in Merano; however, she did not receive a visa few days before her departure.

It is important to circulate full information over and over again, to stir up public attention and to protect the Iranian women by given them awards, these would be the means for women of the Western countries to help the Iranian woman according to Shirin Ebadi.

Shirin Ebadi - born in 1947 – active as the first female judge in the history of Iran for some years until she was in the course of the Islamic revolution in 1979 forced to give up her office. Later she worked than as a lawyer and lecturer at the University of Tehran. Today she is still practicing as a lawyer, besides, inter alia, she is known for taking up cases of dissidents and regime critics, initiates humanitarian projects and gives lectures everywhere in the world to raise her voice beyond the borders of Iran for a reform of the Iranian society from within.

She has received several distinctions and awards for her courageous commitments worldwide: among them, more than twenty titles of honorary doctorates, the medallion of the International Human Right Organization, Human Rights Watch in 1996, the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 as the first Muslim woman generally.