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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.

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And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it’s clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.
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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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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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In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
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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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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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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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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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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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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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We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
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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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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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