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A regime that has a Constitution which denies the sovereignty of the people and where candidates are selected by the regime and the Parliament can not vote into laws its own proposed bills, is not a system representative of the people.

— Reza Pahlavi

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The Iranian youth keep defending their right to live their age and the epoch in which they are born; that is to say in a world flourished by science and learning, and not mourning and martyrdom.

Those who believe they speak with the absolute authority of Allah demand absolute submission.

How can assured destruction deter those who glorify self-destruction and call it martyrdom?

It is up to the Iranian people to say what role I should play.

As long as this regime will exist, none of the main world problems, peace between Israelis and Palestinians, religious fanaticism, terrorism and the proliferation of WMDs will be able to be solved.

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