Iran Quotes · Page 18

Once Iran gets nuclear weapons, they may believe that they are no longer vulnerable to either.

— Kenneth M. Pollack

The only good thing I can say about the deal with Iran is that it brought the Arab states and Israel closer…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Fighting back against Iran is difficult and costly. No American president from Carter to Obama has been willing to take it on.

— Michael Ledeen

Ladies and gentlemen, the relevant question is not when Iran will get the bomb. The relevant question is at what stage can…

— Ehud Barak

I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only…

— Bahman Ghobadi

I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I…

— Marjane Satrapi

The role of Iran has been very destructive. As an Iranian, I apologize to the civilian people of Syria who have been…

— Shirin Ebadi

There isn't a doubt that Iran constitutes the single most important single-country strategic challenge to the United States and to the kind…

— Condoleezza Rice

But so far, you know who's been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those who signed it. Iran, Iraq, Libya…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

In a place like Israel, they're very concerned with Iran, so there's a lot of interest. So they want to see what…

— Marjane Satrapi

And if [Vladimir Putin] does fight ISIL alone, how does it work out for Russia to have sided with Assad, sided with…

— John F. Kerry

Elizabeth Taylor had come to Washington with a few suitcases and found out that she was going to go to Iran and…

— Firooz Zahedi

There are many countries who have traditionally sponsored terrorism. Iraq is one, though it appears the majority of the terrorism committed by…

— Richard Armitage

Unfortunately, every time the United States has tried to pursue a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians by beating back…

— Trita Parsi

You look at the Middle East, you started the Iran deal, that's another beauty where you have a country that was ready…

— Lester Holt

As far as the 2009 elections go, there has been a serious crackdown on human rights in Iran, a clampdown on the…

— Nazanin Boniadi

There are Arab countries providing arms I don't know who they are, nobody comes and tells you 'we are providing arms', but…

— Nabil Elaraby

I don't know about [Rex] Tillerson, but I do know that John Bolton doesn't get it. He still believes in regime change.…

— Rand Paul

“I am the sun I am the sea I am the one By infinity I am the spark I am the light…

— Soroosh Shahrivar

The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the]…

— Akbar Ganji

I've said this before and I'm very proud of it, that when it comes to judgment, having run a hard race against…

— Hillary Clinton

Since 1981, after our nations severed diplomatic relations, we've worked through a international tribunal to resolve various claims between our countries. The…

— Barack Obama

I talk with countries, whether it's the Arab states or in the Middle East, and they talk about how they're glad to…

— Nikki Haley

Americans have eliminated Iran's worst enemies, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam [Hussein]. I occasionally threatened my Iranian counterpart in Kabul that…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

Congress must continue its support for U.S. aid to Israel, and Congress must confront terrorists and their backers like Iran.

— Ronny Jackson

I will not accept that a Lebanese political party participates in maneuvers that serve the interests of Iran.

— Saad Hariri

What is the one country in the Middle East that has not been attacked by ISIS? One. That is Iran. That is…

— Jim Mattis

Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.

— Barack Obama

Asking Saudi Arabia and Iran to work together, when they can't stand each other and are engaged in a proxy battle right…

— Hillary Clinton

Assuming that Iran could become the only oil producer unable to export its oil is a wrong assumption... The United States will…

— Hassan Rouhani

Basically, I see Iran as an authentic nation-state. And that authentic identity gives it cohesion, which most of the Middle East lacks.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check…

— Gary Johnson

Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program.

— Stephen Kinzer

As a liberal and progressive, I abhor the notion of conflict and bloodshed and very much want to find a diplomatic solution…

— Edgar Bronfman, Sr

State oil companies in Saudi Arabia, Africa, Iran, and Mexico have often been intelligence targets for the United States.

— David E. Sanger

If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in…

— John Bolton

I fear Iran continuing to be able to pursue uranium enrichment and to maintain several thousand centrifuges.

— Lee Zeldin

Bush is actually encouraging the spread of nuclear weapons because the one thing I do know is if Iran did have nuclear…

— Tony Benn

Iran and Russia have taken specific actions to influence public opinion related to our elections.

— John Ratcliffe