The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
AKBAR GANJIThere 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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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 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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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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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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It is like living with your wife, with whom you are in love and you are intensely involved in, but you also have tensions. And their position is that they want to deny that these tensions exist.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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We believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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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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It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.
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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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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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