The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
AKBAR GANJIWhen women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.
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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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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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I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran?
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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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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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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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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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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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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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