In the West, when all of these reactors, nuclear reactors, are matters…part of the public domain, there are all kinds of supervision over them.
AKBAR GANJINegotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
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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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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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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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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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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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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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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
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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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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 used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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