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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.

Akbar Ganji

You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
AKBAR GANJI

Attack Bring Country Democracy
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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Dissatisfaction Economic Existence Expectation Lead Made never Personal Perspective Promise Rising Slogan
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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Billion Country History Revenue Revolution Unheard
They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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Gate Lie Themselves
Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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Clever Expectation Obvious Perspective Problem Side
We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
AKBAR GANJI

Create Dedicate Democratic Human Right Struggle
I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
AKBAR GANJI

Against Islamic Proud Revolution Rights View
In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
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Act Affair Cloth Force Individual Islamic Modern Nature Political Private Religion State Wear Women
If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
AKBAR GANJI

Discourse Left Look Man Revolution Right
Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
AKBAR GANJI

Freedom Idea Invariably Issue Justice Limit Place Revolution Solve
Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
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Begin Democracy Million Saying
We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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All Lackey Lie Say United State Use
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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Dream Guard Hospital Hunger Strike Inflict Injustice Manner Paradise
The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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Began Change Condition Create Revolution Situation
The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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Disarmament Nuclear Region United States
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?
AKBAR GANJI

Accept Country Decide Excess Expect Govern Idea Ideas Ruler

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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