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.
AKBAR GANJIWe recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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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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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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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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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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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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Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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Of course, everyone knows that I’m also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.
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All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought…it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society.
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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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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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We recognized that the justice we expected and hoped for was not about to be achieved.
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The entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.
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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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I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.
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