The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
AKBAR GANJIIn Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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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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But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
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He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.
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We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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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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There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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What I’m worried about is that, in case that happens [nuclear explosion], then the Iranian people are the ones who are going to pay the heaviest price. But none of the Western countries have seriously talked about this.
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We believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right.
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They obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.
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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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Of course, everyone knows that I’m also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.
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