They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
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We believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right.
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It began early in the revolution. It was a process that was unfolding on a daily basis. We expected the system to be dispensing justice, but every day that passed by.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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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.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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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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Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
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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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We can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.
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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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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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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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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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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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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.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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.
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