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…
AKBAR GANJIIt was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
More Akbar Ganji Quotes
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There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.
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The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
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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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The Revolutionary Guard was created to help defend the revolution, but it soon was diverted from its initial path.
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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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Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.
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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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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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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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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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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 situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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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 lie on railroads, they tie themselves to the gates.
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