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.
AKBAR GANJIThe ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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 ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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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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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
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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 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 regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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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 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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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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