I could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.
AKBAR GANJIThere is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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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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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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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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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 lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.
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Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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