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.
AKBAR GANJIThe situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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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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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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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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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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 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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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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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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We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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