There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
AKBAR GANJIWe can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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We can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.
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When I talk about secularism, I’m talking about theories today. To give you for example, one example: Those who consider themselves followers of Mosaddeq today are adamantly against federalism.
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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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Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
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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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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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The 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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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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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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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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