[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
AKBAR GANJII went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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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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Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.
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If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist.
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We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.
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Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
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There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.
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Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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We can certainly be on the same side and the same front with the workers and with the oppressed people of Iran. We can certainly be on the same front with them.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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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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