I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
AKBAR GANJIWhat 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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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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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 situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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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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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 am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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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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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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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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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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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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