Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
AKBAR GANJIThe situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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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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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.
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I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran?
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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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When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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Of course, everyone knows that I’m also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.
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