In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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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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In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
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Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don’t have a nationalities problem, we don’t have an ethnic problem.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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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There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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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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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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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 ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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