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.
AKBAR GANJII 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.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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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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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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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 situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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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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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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There’s all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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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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