I am only speaking of my own behalf.
AKBAR GANJIWe’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
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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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
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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.
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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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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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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 women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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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 U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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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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