We should put away the militaristic outlook.
AKBAR GANJIThe 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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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
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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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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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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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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.
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The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
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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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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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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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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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