The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it.
AKBAR GANJIIt was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.
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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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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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In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire).
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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
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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 Shah’s regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened.
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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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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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The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
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We have two kinds of oppression. Oppression that is universal – everyone in Iran is subject to it. But everyone has also their own, unique way of experiencing this oppression.
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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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I am only speaking of my own behalf.
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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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