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?
AKBAR GANJIThe solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
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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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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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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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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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I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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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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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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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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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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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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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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