Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
AKBAR GANJIWhen 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.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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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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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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don’t have a nationalities problem, we don’t have an ethnic problem.
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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 number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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 entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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