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“If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist...the entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.”

Quote by Akbar Ganji

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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. more

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