I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
AKBAR GANJIIt 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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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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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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 regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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When I was on my hunger strike, and I was in a hospital, the guards who inflicted all manner of injustice against me, and all manner of hardship…
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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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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We can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.
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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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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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