We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
AKBAR GANJIWe’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
AKBAR GANJIThe Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
AKBAR GANJIThey lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
AKBAR GANJIWell-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
AKBAR GANJIWhen women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
AKBAR GANJI[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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.
AKBAR GANJIBut I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
AKBAR GANJIThe Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
AKBAR GANJII, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
AKBAR GANJIThe ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
AKBAR GANJIRecently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
AKBAR GANJIWe recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
AKBAR GANJIThey 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.
AKBAR GANJIWhen there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
AKBAR GANJII went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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