Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
AKBAR GANJIIt 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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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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When I’m speaking, I’m speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.
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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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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it’s clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.
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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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What I’m worried about is that, in case that happens [nuclear explosion], then the Iranian people are the ones who are going to pay the heaviest price. But none of the Western countries have seriously talked about this.
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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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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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