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.
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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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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 U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
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It began early in the revolution. It was a process that was unfolding on a daily basis. We expected the system to be dispensing justice, but every day that passed by.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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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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He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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