Of course, everyone knows that I’m also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.
AKBAR GANJIThere 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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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
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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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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
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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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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
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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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