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 GANJIThey 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.
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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.
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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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We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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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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We believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in 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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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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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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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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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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