We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
AKBAR GANJIThe U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don’t have a nationalities problem, we don’t have an ethnic problem.
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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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Recently, 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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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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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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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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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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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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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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