I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
AKBAR GANJIThey are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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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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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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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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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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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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Would Americans accept if we decided to come here and decide who your rulers should be? So why do you expect us Iranians to accept the idea that the United States shall come in there and decide who shall govern us?
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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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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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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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