There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
AKBAR GANJINegotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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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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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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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 have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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