Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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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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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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 say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
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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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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.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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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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And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it’s clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.
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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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