Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.
AKBAR GANJIWell-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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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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There 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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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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