The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
AKBAR GANJIIn a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
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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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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When I was on my hunger strike, and I was in a hospital, the guards who inflicted all manner of injustice against me, and all manner of hardship…
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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