The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
AKBAR GANJIToday, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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 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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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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In the West, when all of these reactors, nuclear reactors, are matters…part of the public domain, there are all kinds of supervision over them.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.
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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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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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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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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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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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