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In the West, when all of these reactors, nuclear reactors, are matters…part of the public domain, there are all kinds of supervision over them.

Akbar Ganji

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
Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
AKBAR GANJI

Benefit Class Create Kind Obvious Regime Use Well
Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
AKBAR GANJI

Anything Best Negotiation Solve War Way Weapon
We should put away the militaristic outlook.
AKBAR GANJI

Away Disarmament Nuclear Outlook Talking
Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
AKBAR GANJI

Freedom Idea Invariably Issue Justice Limit Place Revolution Solve
You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
AKBAR GANJI

Attack Bring Country Democracy
Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
AKBAR GANJI

Clever Expectation Obvious Perspective Problem Side
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.
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First Illegal Place Prison Regime Six Year
If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
AKBAR GANJI

Discourse Left Look Man Revolution Right
The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
AKBAR GANJI

Between Democracy Human Important Oppose Right Society Support
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
The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
AKBAR GANJI

Believe Country Dimension Issue Legal Other Realm Two
There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
AKBAR GANJI

Expectation Explosion Occur Revolution Rising Theory Variety
The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
AKBAR GANJI

Difference Fool Kind Other People Popular Side Slogan
Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
AKBAR GANJI

Affair Clearly Domain Individual Present Private Religion Separate
I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
AKBAR GANJI

Commander Guard Join Revolutionary Simple

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