The Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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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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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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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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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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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 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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They lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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When I was on my hunger strike, and I was in a hospital, the guards who inflicted all manner of injustice against me, and all manner of hardship…
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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 obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.
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In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.
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Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances,
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When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
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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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We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
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They are the kind of dishonest and populist slogans that we are not willing to use.
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There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation.
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He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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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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The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets.
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