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.
AKBAR GANJIThe modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran?
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They obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.
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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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I could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.
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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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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 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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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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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 regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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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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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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