Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
AKBAR GANJIIf you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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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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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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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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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.
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It began early in the revolution. It was a process that was unfolding on a daily basis. We expected the system to be dispensing justice, but every day that passed by.
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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 see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
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