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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.

Akbar Ganji

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.
AKBAR GANJI

Exist Intense Involve Like Living Position Tension Wife
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 GANJI

Domain Kind Lying Matter Nuclear Part Public Reactor Tie West
I am only speaking of my own behalf.
AKBAR GANJI

Behalf Own Speak
The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
AKBAR GANJI

Believe Country Dimension Issue Legal Other Realm Two
I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
AKBAR GANJI

Against Islamic Proud Revolution Rights View
They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
AKBAR GANJI

Gate Lie Themselves
Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
AKBAR GANJI

Affair Clearly Domain Individual Present Private Religion Separate
They obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.
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Budget Collect Consequence Monies Obvious Problem Result Structure Sum
Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
AKBAR GANJI

Brutal Country Massive Recent Square Suppresses Witness Woman
Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
AKBAR GANJI

Clever Expectation Obvious Perspective Problem Side
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
I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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Commander Guard Join Revolutionary Simple
But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
AKBAR GANJI

Country Danger More Much One People Sure Thing West
I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran?
AKBAR GANJI

Actual Country Investigate Last Outside Prison Six Space Spent Work Year
I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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Front Itself Participate War
We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
AKBAR GANJI

Country Development Intellectual Same System Year

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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