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 GANJIWe 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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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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We believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right.
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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 must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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In the West, when all of these reactors, nuclear reactors, are matters…part of the public domain, there are all kinds of supervision over them.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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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 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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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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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to 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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