It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
AKBAR GANJIThe number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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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There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
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There’s all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process.
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Why did the regime put me in prison in the first place? I was put in prison for six years and it has been all illegal.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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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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We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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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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There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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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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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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Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.
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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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