When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
AKBAR GANJIWe recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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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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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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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.
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