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Akbar Ganji is an Iranian journalist known for his contributions to exposing government corruption and promoting democratic reforms. He has been imprisoned multiple times for reporting on politically sensitive topics and has received widespread acclaim from the international community.

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“The number of the opposition has certainly increased [in Iran]. There is more disgruntlement, but because there is no media, the voice of this opposition is not heard outside Iran.”

Voice Numbers Heard Media Opposition Iran

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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.”

Possibility Iran Demonstration Defiance

Author:Akbar Ganji

“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.”

Way Kind Two Subjects Unique Universal Oppression Iran

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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.”

People Sides Fronts Workers Iran Oppressed

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“Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances, 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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Author:Akbar Ganji

“We've had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system? Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.”

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“Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don't have a nationalities problem, we don't have an ethnic problem. It is like living with your wife, with whom you are in love and you are intensely involved in, but you also have tensions. And their position is that they want to deny that these tensions exist.”

Want Believe Problem Wife Fronts Position Involved Deny Tension Iran Supporter Nationality

Author:Akbar Ganji

“I, too, am against the dismantlement of Iran.”

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“I have spent six years in prison, the last six years. Even if I was outside the prison, how much actual space was there for an investigative journalist to do his work in Iran? 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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Author:Akbar Ganji

“Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market. 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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Author:Akbar Ganji

“The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public. In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.”

Information Movement Concerned Iran Ecological Covert

Author:Akbar Ganji

“The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm, 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. Now, at the realm of realpolitik, because there is a global consensus against Iran, and because there are all manner of dangers facing Iran, I am opposed to this program.”

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Born: January 31, 1960
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 47

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