Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
AKBAR GANJIWhen 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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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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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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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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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What I’m worried about is that, in case that happens [nuclear explosion], then the Iranian people are the ones who are going to pay the heaviest price. But none of the Western countries have seriously talked about this.
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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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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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