Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
AKBAR GANJIWe see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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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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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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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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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
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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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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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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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?”
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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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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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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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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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Why did the regime put me in prison in the first place? I was put in prison for six years and it has been all illegal.
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