I am only speaking of my own behalf.
AKBAR GANJIRecently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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I could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.
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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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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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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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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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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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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 should put away the militaristic outlook.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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Would Americans accept if we decided to come here and decide who your rulers should be? So why do you expect us Iranians to accept the idea that the United States shall come in there and decide who shall govern us?
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