We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
AKBAR GANJIWhen there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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Why did the regime put me in prison in the first place? I was put in prison for six years and it has been all illegal.
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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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Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.
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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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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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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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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 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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Let me begin by saying not only you can’t have democracy with $75 million. You can’t even have it with $750 billion.
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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it’s clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.
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