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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.

Akbar Ganji

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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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…
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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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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Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don’t have a nationalities problem, we don’t have an ethnic problem.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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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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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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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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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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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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