We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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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There’s all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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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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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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When I’m speaking, I’m speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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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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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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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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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
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