The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
AKBAR GANJINegotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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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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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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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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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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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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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’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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