I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
AKBAR GANJII, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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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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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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 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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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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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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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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Of course, everyone knows that I’m also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.
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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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