Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan.
AKBAR GANJII am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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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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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.
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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 situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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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 women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.
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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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The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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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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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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