Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
AKBAR GANJIThe U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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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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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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 difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
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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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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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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 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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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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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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