We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
AKBAR GANJII 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.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
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When I was on my hunger strike, and I was in a hospital, the guards who inflicted all manner of injustice against me, and all manner of hardship…
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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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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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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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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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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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He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.
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It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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We can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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