The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
AKBAR GANJI
Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
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The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
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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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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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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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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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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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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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Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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 entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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