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.
AKBAR GANJIOf 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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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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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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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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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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The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
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The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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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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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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