And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it’s clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.
AKBAR GANJIThe issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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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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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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If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
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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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The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm.
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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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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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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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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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