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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 Shah's regime was an incorrigible regime and after a while, when the revolution happened, the situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created...we simply wanted to change the regime.”

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“The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets. Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.”

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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. 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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“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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“It was universal pressure on the regime to secure my release. International pressure was certainly helpful in my release.”

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“The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States. We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.”

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“Would Americans accept if we decided to come here and decide who your rulers should be? So why do you expect us Iranians to accept the idea that the United States shall come in there and decide who shall govern us?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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Born: January 31, 1960
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 47

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