The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
AKBAR GANJIWe believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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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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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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Would Americans accept if we decided to come here and decide who your rulers should be? So why do you expect us Iranians to accept the idea that the United States shall come in there and decide who shall govern us?
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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When I talk about secularism, I’m talking about theories today. To give you for example, one example: Those who consider themselves followers of Mosaddeq today are adamantly against federalism.
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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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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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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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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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.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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