There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
AKBAR GANJIThere is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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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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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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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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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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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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What I’m worried about is that, in case that happens [nuclear explosion], then the Iranian people are the ones who are going to pay the heaviest price. But none of the Western countries have seriously talked about this.
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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?
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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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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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