All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
AKBAR GANJIAnd amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it’s clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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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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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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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
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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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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, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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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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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 should put away the militaristic outlook.
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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