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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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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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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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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Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
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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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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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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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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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