In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
AKBAR GANJIThe ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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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 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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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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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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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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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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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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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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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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Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.
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