If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
AKBAR GANJIThe solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
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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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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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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.
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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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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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In the West, when all of these reactors, nuclear reactors, are matters…part of the public domain, there are all kinds of supervision over them.
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But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
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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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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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