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.
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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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.
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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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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Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don’t have a nationalities problem, we don’t have an ethnic problem.
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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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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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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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Of course, everyone knows that I’m also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.
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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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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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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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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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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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