We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
AKBAR GANJIHe never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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When I’m speaking, I’m speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in 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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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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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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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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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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