The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
AKBAR GANJIThe modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
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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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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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When I talk about secularism, I’m talking about theories today. To give you for example, one example: Those who consider themselves followers of Mosaddeq today are adamantly against federalism.
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When I’m speaking, I’m speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
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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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If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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