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.
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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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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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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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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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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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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