There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
AKBAR GANJIYou cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
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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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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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When I was on my hunger strike, and I was in a hospital, the guards who inflicted all manner of injustice against me, and all manner of hardship…
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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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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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