We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
AKBAR GANJIWe see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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Religion is the private affair of an individual…be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion.
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It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.
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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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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We’ve had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system?
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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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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 regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States.
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They obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.
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Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market.
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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 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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We should put away the militaristic outlook.
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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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Religion is separate from the institution of the state.
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