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.
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.
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.
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.
![Akbar Ganji Quote - [In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/in-every-revolution-there-is-a-great-divergence-be-683x1024.jpg)
![Akbar Ganji Quote - There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/there-is-no-possibility-of-a-public-demonstration--683x1024.jpg)
