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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?

Akbar Ganji

We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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Demonstration Environmental Kind Movement Organize
Of course, everyone knows that I’m also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.
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Change Country Everyone Must Oppose Regime
I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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Commander Guard Join Revolutionary Simple
Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
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Begin Democracy Million Saying
They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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Dishonest Kind Popularist Slogan Use Willing
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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Between Democracy Human Important Oppose Right Society Support
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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Case Country Explosion Happen heavy Nuclear People Price Serious Western Worried
When I’m speaking, I’m speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.
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Country Idea Myself Population Same Speak Support Time Wide
We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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Create Dedicate Democratic Human Right Struggle
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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Accept Country Decide Excess Expect Govern Idea Ideas Ruler
The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
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Difference Fool Kind Other People Popular Side Slogan
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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Billion Country History Revenue Revolution Unheard
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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Belief Country Equal Nation Nuclear People Progam Right Same
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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Believe Country Dimension Issue Legal Other Realm Two
If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
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Discourse Left Look Man Revolution Right
Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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Brutal Country Massive Recent Square Suppresses Witness Woman

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