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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 Ganji

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…
AKBAR GANJI

Dream Guard Hospital Hunger Strike Inflict Injustice Manner Paradise
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?
AKBAR GANJI

Actual Country Investigate Last Outside Prison Six Space Spent Work Year
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.
AKBAR GANJI

Certainty Country Front People Same Side Worker
Why did the regime put me in prison in the first place? I was put in prison for six years and it has been all illegal.
AKBAR GANJI

First Illegal Place Prison Regime Six Year
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.
AKBAR GANJI

Budget Collect Consequence Monies Obvious Problem Result Structure Sum
We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
AKBAR GANJI

Demonstration Environmental Kind Movement Organize
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?”
AKBAR GANJI

Anything Budget Everyone Oppose Say Thinking
The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
AKBAR GANJI

Happen Regime Revolution Situation White
Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
AKBAR GANJI

Clever Expectation Obvious Perspective Problem Side
The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
AKBAR GANJI

Keep Lackey Lying Opponent Regime Saying
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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Atheist Conscious Expression Freedom Idea Manner Society Tolerance
What I’m worried about is that, in case that happens [nuclear explosion], then the Iranian people are the ones who are going to pay the heaviest price. But none of the Western countries have seriously talked about this.
AKBAR GANJI

Case Country Explosion Happen heavy Nuclear People Price Serious Western Worried
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.
AKBAR GANJI

Corruption Distribution Evidence Example Face Kind Marry Money People Teacher
Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
AKBAR GANJI

Change Constant Even Revise Theory
We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
AKBAR GANJI

Country Development Intellectual Same System Year
Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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Black Bought Country Market People

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).

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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).

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