They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
AKBAR GANJIToday, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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Revolutions invariably don’t solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.
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The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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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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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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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 women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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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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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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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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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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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