There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
AKBAR GANJIThey lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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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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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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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.
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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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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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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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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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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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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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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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