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).
AKBAR GANJIThe U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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They obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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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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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran?
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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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 U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.
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