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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.

Akbar Ganji

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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When I talk about secularism, I’m talking about theories today. To give you for example, one example: Those who consider themselves followers of Mosaddeq today are adamantly against federalism.
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Of course, everyone knows that I’m also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.
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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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He 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.
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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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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.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
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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.
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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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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