Interview with Boston Review

From Boston Review

Iranian dissident journalist and author Akbar Ganji recently spoke with Boston Globe Ideas writer Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow about his life, his political activism, and the future of his homeland. His new book, The Road to Democracy in Iran, was published in April of this year by Boston Review Books.

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Devalued and unprincipled politics

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Election boycotters factor

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Homosexuals: a minority without rights?

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The right of being Baha’i vs. being Baha’i with rights

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Intellectualism with mindset of Islamic-Jurists

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Per wish of the ruler, in expense of democracy

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The Fight for Iran’s Freedom

Published in Newsweek, Feb. 18
It is easy to criticize U.S. policy toward the Middle East today: Washington’s militaristic approach has contributed to the growth of fundamentalism and helped strengthen dictatorial regimes. Still, Iran’s fundamentalist rulers often use such criticism as a way of disguising their own ineptitude and their responsibility for Iran’s deplorable conditions— including the suppression of civil society, which is undergoing another severe crackdown as I write.
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Democratization against sultan-ization

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Is Islamic Republic fascist and backward?

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