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.
AKBAR GANJIThere’s all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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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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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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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 see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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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 situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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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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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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