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We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.

Akbar Ganji

I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
AKBAR GANJI

Front Itself Participate War
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.
AKBAR GANJI

Change Country Everyone Must Oppose Regime
The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
AKBAR GANJI

Development Distraught Lower Political Problem Society Solution Solve Strata
The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
AKBAR GANJI

Keep Lackey Lying Opponent Regime Saying
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 GANJI

Begin Democracy Million Saying
I am only speaking of my own behalf.
AKBAR GANJI

Behalf Own Speak
We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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Achieve Expect Hope Justice Recognize
The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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Happen Regime Revolution Situation White
In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
AKBAR GANJI

Act Affair Cloth Force Individual Islamic Modern Nature Political Private Religion State Wear Women
The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
AKBAR GANJI

Concern Country Ecological Everything Information Movement Public
Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
AKBAR GANJI

Affair Clearly Domain Individual Present Private Religion Separate
Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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Change Constant Even Revise Theory
Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
AKBAR GANJI

Benefit Class Create Kind Obvious Regime Use Well
The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
AKBAR GANJI

Advancement Contribute Democracy Exist Infrastructure Juman Modern Right World
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?”
AKBAR GANJI

Anything Budget Everyone Oppose Say Thinking
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 GANJI

Dissatisfaction Economic Existence Expectation Lead Made never Personal Perspective Promise Rising Slogan

We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.

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We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.

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