It began early in the revolution. It was a process that was unfolding on a daily basis. We expected the system to be dispensing justice, but every day that passed by.
AKBAR GANJI[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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When I’m speaking, I’m speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.
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Why did the regime put me in prison in the first place? I was put in prison for six years and it has been all illegal.
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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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Would Americans accept if we decided to come here and decide who your rulers should be? So why do you expect us Iranians to accept the idea that the United States shall come in there and decide who shall govern us?
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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
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