Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
AKBAR GANJIOf 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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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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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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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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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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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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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
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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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When I talk about secularism, I’m talking about theories today. To give you for example, one example: Those who consider themselves followers of Mosaddeq today are adamantly against federalism.
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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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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
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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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