In the West, when all of these reactors, nuclear reactors, are matters…part of the public domain, there are all kinds of supervision over them.
AKBAR GANJIReligion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
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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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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
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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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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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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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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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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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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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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