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.
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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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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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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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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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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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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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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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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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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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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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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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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