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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.

Akbar Ganji

And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it’s clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.
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Country Demand Expectation Incapable Increase Regime Satisfy Society Strata Witness
I could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.
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Demand Dream Live Melt Paradise Result Witness
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.
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Corruption Distribution Evidence Example Face Kind Marry Money People Teacher
The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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Advancement Contribute Democracy Exist Infrastructure Juman Modern Right World
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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Budget Collect Consequence Monies Obvious Problem Result Structure Sum
Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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Change Constant Even Revise Theory
They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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Dishonest Kind Popularist Slogan Use Willing
When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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Act Back Inch Political Push Two Women
They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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Gate Lie Themselves
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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Certainty Country Front People Same Side Worker
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
It is like living with your wife, with whom you are in love and you are intensely involved in, but you also have tensions. And their position is that they want to deny that these tensions exist.
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Exist Intense Involve Like Living Position Tension Wife
Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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Black Bought Country Market People
The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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Disarmament Nuclear Region United States
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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Actual Country Investigate Last Outside Prison Six Space Spent Work Year
Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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Anything Best Negotiation Solve War Way Weapon

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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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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