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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.

Akbar Ganji

[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
AKBAR GANJI

Accomplish Expect General Revolution Revolutionary
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
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
We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
AKBAR GANJI

Create Dedicate Democratic Human Right Struggle
I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
AKBAR GANJI

Commander Guard Join Revolutionary Simple
The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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Began Change Condition Create Revolution Situation
In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
AKBAR GANJI

Act Affair Cloth Force Individual Islamic Modern Nature Political Private Religion State Wear Women
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
I am only speaking of my own behalf.
AKBAR GANJI

Behalf Own Speak
When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
AKBAR GANJI

Crisis Damage Democracy First Harm Thing
The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
AKBAR GANJI

Between Democracy Human Important Oppose Right Society Support
You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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Attack Bring Country Democracy
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.
AKBAR GANJI

Dissatisfaction Economic Existence Expectation Lead Made never Personal Perspective Promise Rising Slogan
I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
AKBAR GANJI

Against Country Dismantlement
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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Development Distraught Lower Political Problem Society Solution Solve Strata
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

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