[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
AKBAR GANJIToday, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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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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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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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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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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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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But I know one thing for sure: That we, the Iranian people, are much more in line of danger than the West.
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All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
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Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don’t have a nationalities problem, we don’t have an ethnic problem.
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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 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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There’s all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process.
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I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran?
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