Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
AKBAR GANJIThe Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
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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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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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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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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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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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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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The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
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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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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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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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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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