We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
AKBAR GANJII, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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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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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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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Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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When I’m speaking, I’m speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.
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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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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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