I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
AKBAR GANJII, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
AKBAR GANJIWe must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
AKBAR GANJIEven theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
AKBAR GANJIReligion is separate from the institution of the state.
AKBAR GANJI[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
AKBAR GANJIWhatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
AKBAR GANJIThe Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
AKBAR GANJIThe difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
AKBAR GANJILet me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
AKBAR GANJIThere is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
AKBAR GANJIIn Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
AKBAR GANJIWould 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?
AKBAR GANJIRecently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
AKBAR GANJIAnd amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it’s clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.
AKBAR GANJIAll manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
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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