We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
AKBAR GANJIThere is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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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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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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There’s all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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When I was on my hunger strike, and I was in a hospital, the guards who inflicted all manner of injustice against me, and all manner of hardship…
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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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I could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.
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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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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).
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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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We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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