[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
AKBAR GANJIThree of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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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 situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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Why did the regime put me in prison in the first place? I was put in prison for six years and it has been all illegal.
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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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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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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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 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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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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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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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Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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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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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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