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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.

Akbar Ganji

Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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Freedom Idea Invariably Issue Justice Limit Place Revolution Solve
Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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Change Constant Even Revise Theory
We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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Achieve Expect Hope Justice Recognize
It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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Helpful International Pressure Regime Release Secure Universal
We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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Create Dedicate Democratic Human Right Struggle
The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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Create Defend Divert Guard Help Initial Path Revolution Soon
We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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Demonstration Environmental Kind Movement Organize
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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Belief Country Equal Nation Nuclear People Progam Right Same
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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Change Country Everyone Must Oppose Regime
The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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Happen Regime Revolution Situation White
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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Country Danger More Much One People Sure Thing West
We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.
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Country Everyone Kind Oppression Subject Two Unique Universal
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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Dissatisfaction Economic Existence Expectation Lead Made never Personal Perspective Promise Rising Slogan
Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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Clever Expectation Obvious Perspective Problem Side
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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Act Affair Cloth Force Individual Islamic Modern Nature Political Private Religion State Wear Women
The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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Disarmament Nuclear Region United States

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