The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran].
AKBAR GANJIWe see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.
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We see that the ecological movement, environmentalist movement, organizes all kinds of demonstrations against these.
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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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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions.
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We believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right.
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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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Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman in the 7th of Tir square, and it was brutally suppressed.
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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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When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
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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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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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I could witness that as a result of Ahmadinejad, they lived in a dream. They believed that paradise is around the corner and that all their demands shall be met.
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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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I went to the front, but I never participated in the war itself.
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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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