The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
AKBAR GANJIThe modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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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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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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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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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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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.
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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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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