When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
AKBAR GANJIKhomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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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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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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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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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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