We should put away the militaristic outlook.
AKBAR GANJIBut 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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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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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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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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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 ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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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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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.
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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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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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The 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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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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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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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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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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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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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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