Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
AKBAR GANJIAnd 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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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
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It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.
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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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When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
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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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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
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It began early in the revolution. It was a process that was unfolding on a daily basis. We expected the system to be dispensing justice, but every day that passed by.
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We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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Of course, everyone knows that I’m also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.
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