Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
AKBAR GANJIThree of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
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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 went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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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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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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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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