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I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran?

Akbar Ganji

The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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Happen Regime Revolution Situation White
When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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Act Back Inch Political Push Two Women
When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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Crisis Damage Democracy First Harm Thing
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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Change Country Everyone Must Oppose Regime
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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Act Country Defiance Each Possible Such
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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Atheist Conscious Expression Freedom Idea Manner Society Tolerance
Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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Brutal Country Massive Recent Square Suppresses Witness Woman
The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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Advancement Contribute Democracy Exist Infrastructure Juman Modern Right World
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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Affair Clearly Domain Individual Present Private Religion Separate
The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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Began Change Condition Create Revolution Situation
I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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Commander Guard Join Revolutionary Simple
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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Expectation Explosion Occur Revolution Rising Theory Variety
They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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Gate Lie Themselves
The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
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Development Distraught Lower Political Problem Society Solution Solve Strata
The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
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Difference Fool Kind Other People Popular Side Slogan
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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Accept Country Decide Excess Expect Govern Idea Ideas Ruler

I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran?

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