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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.

Akbar Ganji

We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
AKBAR GANJI

Achieve Expect Hope Justice Recognize
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.
AKBAR GANJI

Case Country Explosion Happen heavy Nuclear People Price Serious Western Worried
I am only speaking of my own behalf.
AKBAR GANJI

Behalf Own Speak
The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
AKBAR GANJI

Happen Regime Revolution Situation White
Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
AKBAR GANJI

Benefit Class Create Kind Obvious Regime Use Well
The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
AKBAR GANJI

Keep Lackey Lying Opponent Regime Saying
Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
AKBAR GANJI

Freedom Idea Invariably Issue Justice Limit Place Revolution Solve
Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don’t have a nationalities problem, we don’t have an ethnic problem.
AKBAR GANJI

Believe Country Ethnic National People Problem Supporter Wife
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.
AKBAR GANJI

Exist Intense Involve Like Living Position Tension Wife
We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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Demonstration Environmental Kind Movement Organize
The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
AKBAR GANJI

Believe Country Dimension Issue Legal Other Realm Two
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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Act Country Defiance Each Possible Such
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.
AKBAR GANJI

Country Everyone Kind Oppression Subject Two Unique Universal
We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
AKBAR GANJI

All Lackey Lie Say United State Use
They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
AKBAR GANJI

Gate Lie Themselves
They obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.
AKBAR GANJI

Budget Collect Consequence Monies Obvious Problem Result Structure Sum

They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.

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