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We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.

Akbar Ganji

Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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Brutal Country Massive Recent Square Suppresses Witness Woman
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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Discourse Left Look Man Revolution Right
It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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Helpful International Pressure Regime Release Secure Universal
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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Budget Collect Consequence Monies Obvious Problem Result Structure Sum
It is like living with your wife, with whom you are in love and you are intensely involved in, but you also have tensions. And their position is that they want to deny that these tensions exist.
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Exist Intense Involve Like Living Position Tension Wife
I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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Behalf Own Speak
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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Affair Clearly Domain Individual Present Private Religion Separate
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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Demand Dream Live Melt Paradise Result Witness
I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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Front Itself Participate War
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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Dissatisfaction Economic Existence Expectation Lead Made never Personal Perspective Promise Rising Slogan
The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Discourse Encourage Entirely Kind Man People Such
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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Actual Country Investigate Last Outside Prison Six Space Spent Work Year
They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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Dishonest Kind Popularist Slogan Use Willing
Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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Clever Expectation Obvious Perspective Problem Side
In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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Country Covert Everything Firsthand Information
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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Believe Country Dimension Issue Legal Other Realm Two

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