There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
AKBAR GANJIWe must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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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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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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There’s all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process.
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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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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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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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I could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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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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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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