Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
AKBAR GANJIThe number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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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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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
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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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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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