When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
AKBAR GANJIThe ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
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We believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right.
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When I talk about secularism, I’m talking about theories today. To give you for example, one example: Those who consider themselves followers of Mosaddeq today are adamantly against federalism.
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When I’m speaking, I’m speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.
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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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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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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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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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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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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