---
title: "Famous Iran Quotations"
description: "Browse 1,422 Iran quotes by 537 authors. Discover the best Iran sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/mike-braun-6328_america_iran-has-been-one-of-america-s-greatest_144125.jpg"
---

> [Iran has been one of America's greatest enemies and I'm proud that President Trump is protecting our country and our allies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-braun/iran-has-been-one-of-america-s-greatest-enemies-and-i-m-proud-that/)

[Mike Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-braun/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/mike-braun-6328_america_iran-has-been-one-of-america-s-greatest_144125.jpg)

> [Iran, in its former incarnation as Persia, created the world's first empire, produced titanic figures like Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-kinzer/iran-in-its-former-incarnation-as-persia-created-the-world-s-first/)

[Stephen Kinzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-kinzer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/stephen-kinzer-2514_created_iran-in-its-former-incarnation-as-persia_3000423.jpg)

> [I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-netanyahu/i-can-tell-you-one-thing-iran-is-closer-to-developing-nuclear-weapons/)

[Benjamin Netanyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-netanyahu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/benjamin-netanyahu-2269_developing_i-can-tell-you-one-thing-iran-is-closer_1530158.jpg)

> [America is a very fundamentalist society. It's like Iran in the degree of fanatic religious commitment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/america-is-a-very-fundamentalist-society-it-s-like-iran-in-the-degree/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/noam-chomsky-42_america_america-is-a-very-fundamentalist-society_265179.jpg)

> [I don't know about others, but I want to work in India, America, Iran, Europe, and Russia - everywhere. I am a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mawra-hocane/i-don-t-know-about-others-but-i-want-to-work-in-india-america-iran/)

[Mawra Hocane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mawra-hocane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/mawra-hocane-19566_america_i-don-t-know-about-others-but-i-want-to_1621328.jpg)

> [We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsey-graham/we-cannot-win-this-war-on-terror-if-people-are-undercutting-us-and/)

[Lindsey Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsey-graham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/lindsey-graham-3593_empowering_we-cannot-win-this-war-on-terror-if-peop_1080350.jpg)

> [Unlike the U.S., Iran has no problems with low-voter turnout in elections; the last time, the government got the support of 110…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maz-jobrani/unlike-the-u-s-iran-has-no-problems-with-low-voter-turnout-in/)

[Maz Jobrani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maz-jobrani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/maz-jobrani-8028_government_unlike-the-u-s-iran-has-no-problems-with_605095.jpg)

> [Europeans should pay more attention. Iran has called for dialogue and is moving in the direction of reaching an agreement through peaceful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-larijani/europeans-should-pay-more-attention-iran-has-called-for-dialogue-and/)

[Ali Larijani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-larijani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/ali-larijani-43643_agreement_europeans-should-pay-more-attention-iran_60414.jpg)

> [The case of Iran, a nuclear program that the Iranians admit was 18 years on, that we underestimated. And, in fact, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kay/the-case-of-iran-a-nuclear-program-that-the-iranians-admit-was-18/)

[David Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/david-kay-20711_admit_the-case-of-iran-a-nuclear-program-that_2807574.png)

> [Few Americans realize it, but the United Nations is driving to take control over the Internet. You remember, the folks who want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-l-herman/few-americans-realize-it-but-the-united-nations-is-driving-to-take/)

[Arthur L. Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-l-herman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc7/arthur-l-herman-34686_american_few-americans-realize-it-but-the-united_580565.jpg)

> [The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-united-states-is-imposing-sanctions-on-individuals-and-companies/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/barack-obama-17_allies_the-united-states-is-imposing-sanctions_52813.jpg)

> [I think this does show that there will be some changes, not so much in Europe or Asia but certainly in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-mansoor/i-think-this-does-show-that-there-will-be-some-changes-not-so-much-in/)

[Peter R. Mansoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-mansoor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/peter-r-mansoor-34309_asia_i-think-this-does-show-that-there-will-b_211963.jpg)

> [There's no question but that a nuclear Iran, a nuclear-capable Iran is unacceptable to America. It presents a threat not only to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/there-s-no-question-but-that-a-nuclear-iran-a-nuclear-capable-iran-is/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/mitt-romney-268_america_there-s-no-question-but-that-a-nuclear-i_2109321.jpg)

> [One topic which often brings liberals and conservatives together in the U.S. is Iran. There is a general consensus that the Revolution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammad-marandi/one-topic-which-often-brings-liberals-and-conservatives-together-in/)

[Mohammad Marandi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammad-marandi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/mohammad-marandi-26417_barbarism_one-topic-which-often-brings-liberals-an_3007039.jpg)

> [When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's what brings leaders in Turkey to attack Israel the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-danon/when-we-see-a-lack-of-leadership-coming-from-the-white-house-that-s/)

[Danny Danon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-danon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/danny-danon-49352_attack_when-we-see-a-lack-of-leadership-coming_2837636.jpg)

> [ We \[USA\] don't have diplomatic leverage to eliminate every vestige of a peaceful nuclear program in Iran. What we do have the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-usa-don-t-have-diplomatic-leverage-to-eliminate-every-vestige-of-a/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/barack-obama-17_diplomatic_we-usa-don-t-have-diplomatic-leverage-to_2233652.jpg)

> [The Muslim women that I have met are super-powerful and amazing and smart and they are, they're not allowing themselves to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/the-muslim-women-that-i-have-met-are-super-powerful-and-amazing-and/)

[Larkin Grimm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larkin-grimm/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/larkin-grimm-21078_allowing_the-muslim-women-that-i-have-met-are-sup_2482473.jpg)

> [These issues that exist among people that we are Iranian and what we need to do for Iran are not correct; these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruhollah-khomeini/these-issues-that-exist-among-people-that-we-are-iranian-and-what-we/)

[Ruhollah Khomeini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruhollah-khomeini/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/ruhollah-khomeini-16187_agents_these-issues-that-exist-among-people-tha_487138.jpg)

> [“it wasn’t the only aspect of Iran that reminded me of America. The two countries had far more similarities than either would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-pryce/it-wasn-t-the-only-aspect-of-iran-that-reminded-me-of-america-the-two/)

[Lois Pryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-pryce/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/lois-pryce-40031_iran_it-wasn-t-the-only-aspect-of-iran-that-r_2399897.jpg)

> [It was really bizarre, that Sabzian business. You know I had no interest in being photographed before this incident. But then not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsen-makhmalbaf/it-was-really-bizarre-that-sabzian-business-you-know-i-had-no/)

[Mohsen Makhmalbaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsen-makhmalbaf/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/mohsen-makhmalbaf-24064_available_it-was-really-bizarre-that-sabzian-busin_1038047.png)

> [The Iranian issue I don't think has much to do with nuclear weapons frankly. Nobody is saying Iran should have nuclear weapons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-iranian-issue-i-don-t-think-has-much-to-do-with-nuclear-weapons/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/noam-chomsky-42_axioms_the-iranian-issue-i-don-t-think-has-much_1395780.jpg)

> [I'm one of those gay people who's constantly reminded of how fortunate I am to live now and not to be Ennis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-m-one-of-those-gay-people-who-s-constantly-reminded-of-how/)

[Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/dan-savage-2880_addict_i-m-one-of-those-gay-people-who-s-consta_100210.jpg)

> [Without mentioning names, it was other people. Some day, they ought to open the report and find out. But it was other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/without-mentioning-names-it-was-other-people-some-day-they-ought-to/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/donald-trump-18_bigs_without-mentioning-names-it-was-other-pe_67017.jpg)

> [My guess is that Trump will begin withdrawing troops from Europe at a slow pace. He will demand a renovation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-davidson/my-guess-is-that-trump-will-begin-withdrawing-troops-from-europe-at-a/)

[Lawrence Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-davidson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/lawrence-davidson-29729_accord_my-guess-is-that-trump-will-begin-withdr_585263.jpg)

> [What could become a danger to world peace is Iran's nuclear program and the country's open threat to annihilate Israel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-gabriel/what-could-become-a-danger-to-world-peace-is-iran-s-nuclear-program/)

[Sigmar Gabriel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-gabriel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/sigmar-gabriel-14684_country_what-could-become-a-danger-to-world-peac_2577699.jpg)

> [After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-blumenauer/after-september-11-when-the-united-states-took-action-to-overthrow/)

[Earl Blumenauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-blumenauer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/earl-blumenauer-30813_able_after-september-11-when-the-united-state_2056487.png)

> [We do have the nuclear weapons agreement with Iran, that's an enforcement consequence, action for action, follow on. We have a plan,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-do-have-the-nuclear-weapons-agreement-with-iran-that-s-an/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/hillary-clinton-51_action_we-do-have-the-nuclear-weapons-agreement_1277160.jpg)

> [Since all signs indicate that we shouldn't participate in this election, participating in the election has no meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammad-khatami/since-all-signs-indicate-that-we-shouldn-t-participate-in-this/)

[Mohammad Khatami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammad-khatami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/mohammad-khatami-40550_election_since-all-signs-indicate-that-we-shouldn_50584.jpg)

> [The development of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to carry them would be a very destabilizing effect, should Iran be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armitage/the-development-of-weapons-of-mass-destruction-and-the-missiles-to/)

[Richard Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-armitage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/richard-armitage-2741_able_the-development-of-weapons-of-mass-destr_1062351.png)

> [Mohammed Taheri-Azar, a naturalized U.S. citizen hailing from Iran, crashed his SUV into a crowd at the University of North Carolina at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-bergen/mohammed-taheri-azar-a-naturalized-u-s-citizen-hailing-from-iran/)

[Peter Bergen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-bergen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/peter-bergen-1880_crashed_mohammed-taheri-azar-a-naturalized-u-s-c_2188884.png)

> [If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abbas-kiarostami/if-you-are-a-businessman-or-a-politician-in-iran-you-can-get-a-visa/)

[Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abbas-kiarostami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/abbas-kiarostami-2631_ask_if-you-are-a-businessman-or-a-politician_1888280.png)

> [Washington sees the various local and national conflicts in the Middle East as part of a battle for regional hegemony between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-kinzer/washington-sees-the-various-local-and-national-conflicts-in-the/)

[Stephen Kinzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-kinzer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/stephen-kinzer-2514_battle_washington-sees-the-various-local-and-na_2717676.jpg)

> [Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea. It's the route for them to arm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/syria-is-iran-s-only-ally-in-the-arab-world-it-s-their-route-to-the/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/mitt-romney-268_allies_syria-is-iran-s-only-ally-in-the-arab-wo_2751810.png)

> [Trying to turn the Congress the President on the Iran deal, - it's one thing to do that - it's a giant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/trying-to-turn-the-congress-the-president-on-the-iran-deal-it-s-one/)

[Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-o-donnell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_congress_trying-to-turn-the-congress-the-presiden_2484753.jpg)

> [I have travelled a great deal - to Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt - and can very well differentiate between moderate Muslims and Islam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geert-wilders/i-have-travelled-a-great-deal-to-afghanistan-iran-egypt-and-can-very/)

[Geert Wilders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geert-wilders/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e17/geert-wilders-1869_afghanistan_i-have-travelled-a-great-deal-to-afghani_3006438.png)

> [We've had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system? Even theories of secularism are constantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akbar-ganji/we-ve-had-60-years-of-intellectual-development-in-iran-how-can-we/)

[Akbar Ganji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akbar-ganji/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/akbar-ganji-14195_changed_we-ve-had-60-years-of-intellectual-devel_2783425.jpg)

> [Show me one Iranian diplomat we killed! I can show you many Saudi diplomats who were killed by Iran.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adel-al-jubeir/show-me-one-iranian-diplomat-we-killed-i-can-show-you-many-saudi/)

[Adel al-Jubeir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adel-al-jubeir/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/adel-al-jubeir-16862_diplomats_show-me-one-iranian-diplomat-we-killed-i_939583.jpg)

> [ Does John Kerry have to give them \[Iran\] every little thing? You'll pass some sanctions for human rights and missiles, and I'll… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/does-john-kerry-have-to-give-them-iran-every-little-thing-you-ll-pass/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/hillary-clinton-51_doe_does-john-kerry-have-to-give-them-iran-e_2069380.jpg)

> [Mitt Romney has a fund-raiser. He's going to get in the ring and fight Evander Holyfield. This is the dumbest thing Republicans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-letterman/mitt-romney-has-a-fund-raiser-he-s-going-to-get-in-the-ring-and-fight/)

[David Letterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-letterman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/david-letterman-378_done_mitt-romney-has-a-fund-raiser-he-s-going_450922.jpg)

> [ \[Barack Obama\] gives away $400 million in cash, but it turns out to $1.7 billion in cash \[for Iran\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/barack-obama-gives-away-400-million-in-cash-but-it-turns-out-to-1-7/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/donald-trump-18_barack_barack-obama-gives-away-400-million-in-c_1399908.jpg)

## Top authors on Iran

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 82 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/barack-obama/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/donald-trump/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/noam-chomsky/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/hillary-clinton/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shirin-ebadi-85046.jpg) Shirin Ebadi 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/shirin-ebadi/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-kinzer-87055.jpg) Stephen Kinzer 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/stephen-kinzer/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-62712.jpg) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hassan-rouhani-40872.jpg) Hassan Rouhani 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/hassan-rouhani/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-benjamin-netanyahu-17175.jpg) Benjamin Netanyahu 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/benjamin-netanyahu/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mitt-romney-68672.jpg) Mitt Romney 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/mitt-romney/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-zbigniew-brzezinski-97295.jpg) Zbigniew Brzezinski 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/zbigniew-brzezinski/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elliott-abrams-32793.jpg) Elliott Abrams 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/elliott-abrams/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/#itemlist",
            "name": "Iran Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 40,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Iran has been one of America's greatest enemies and I'm proud that President Trump is protecting our country and our allies.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mike Braun"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-braun/iran-has-been-one-of-america-s-greatest-enemies-and-i-m-proud-that/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/mike-braun-6328_america_iran-has-been-one-of-america-s-greatest_144125.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/mike-braun-6328_america_iran-has-been-one-of-america-s-greatest_144125.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/mike-braun-6328_america_iran-has-been-one-of-america-s-greatest_144125.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Iran has been one of America's greatest enemies and I'm proud that President Trump is protecting our country…” — Mike Braun",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Iran, in its former incarnation as Persia, created the world's first empire, produced titanic figures like Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, and is one of the great fonts of world culture.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Stephen Kinzer"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-kinzer/iran-in-its-former-incarnation-as-persia-created-the-world-s-first/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/stephen-kinzer-2514_created_iran-in-its-former-incarnation-as-persia_3000423.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/stephen-kinzer-2514_created_iran-in-its-former-incarnation-as-persia_3000423.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/stephen-kinzer-2514_created_iran-in-its-former-incarnation-as-persia_3000423.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Iran, in its former incarnation as Persia, created the world's first empire, produced titanic figures like…” — Stephen Kinzer",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Benjamin Netanyahu"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-netanyahu/i-can-tell-you-one-thing-iran-is-closer-to-developing-nuclear-weapons/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/benjamin-netanyahu-2269_developing_i-can-tell-you-one-thing-iran-is-closer_1530158.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/benjamin-netanyahu-2269_developing_i-can-tell-you-one-thing-iran-is-closer_1530158.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/benjamin-netanyahu-2269_developing_i-can-tell-you-one-thing-iran-is-closer_1530158.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a…” — Benjamin Netanyahu",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "America is a very fundamentalist society. It's like Iran in the degree of fanatic religious commitment.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Noam Chomsky"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/america-is-a-very-fundamentalist-society-it-s-like-iran-in-the-degree/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/noam-chomsky-42_america_america-is-a-very-fundamentalist-society_265179.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/noam-chomsky-42_america_america-is-a-very-fundamentalist-society_265179.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/noam-chomsky-42_america_america-is-a-very-fundamentalist-society_265179.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“America is a very fundamentalist society. It's like Iran in the degree of fanatic religious commitment.” — Noam Chomsky",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I don't know about others, but I want to work in India, America, Iran, Europe, and Russia - everywhere. I am a sucker for good script; I'll go wherever it'll take me.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mawra Hocane"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mawra-hocane/i-don-t-know-about-others-but-i-want-to-work-in-india-america-iran/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/mawra-hocane-19566_america_i-don-t-know-about-others-but-i-want-to_1621328.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/mawra-hocane-19566_america_i-don-t-know-about-others-but-i-want-to_1621328.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/mawra-hocane-19566_america_i-don-t-know-about-others-but-i-want-to_1621328.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I don't know about others, but I want to work in India, America, Iran, Europe, and Russia - everywhere. I am…” — Mawra Hocane",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Lindsey Graham"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsey-graham/we-cannot-win-this-war-on-terror-if-people-are-undercutting-us-and/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/lindsey-graham-3593_empowering_we-cannot-win-this-war-on-terror-if-peop_1080350.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/lindsey-graham-3593_empowering_we-cannot-win-this-war-on-terror-if-peop_1080350.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/lindsey-graham-3593_empowering_we-cannot-win-this-war-on-terror-if-peop_1080350.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.” — Lindsey Graham",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 7,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Unlike the U.S., Iran has no problems with low-voter turnout in elections; the last time, the government got the support of 110 per cent of the population.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Maz Jobrani"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maz-jobrani/unlike-the-u-s-iran-has-no-problems-with-low-voter-turnout-in/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/maz-jobrani-8028_government_unlike-the-u-s-iran-has-no-problems-with_605095.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/maz-jobrani-8028_government_unlike-the-u-s-iran-has-no-problems-with_605095.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/maz-jobrani-8028_government_unlike-the-u-s-iran-has-no-problems-with_605095.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Unlike the U.S., Iran has no problems with low-voter turnout in elections; the last time, the government got…” — Maz Jobrani",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 8,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Europeans should pay more attention. Iran has called for dialogue and is moving in the direction of reaching an agreement through peaceful means.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Ali Larijani"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-larijani/europeans-should-pay-more-attention-iran-has-called-for-dialogue-and/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/ali-larijani-43643_agreement_europeans-should-pay-more-attention-iran_60414.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/ali-larijani-43643_agreement_europeans-should-pay-more-attention-iran_60414.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/ali-larijani-43643_agreement_europeans-should-pay-more-attention-iran_60414.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Europeans should pay more attention. Iran has called for dialogue and is moving in the direction of reaching…” — Ali Larijani",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 9,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The case of Iran, a nuclear program that the Iranians admit was 18 years on, that we underestimated. And, in fact, we didn't discover it. It was discovered by a group of Iranian dissidents outside the country who pointed the international community at the location.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "David Kay"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kay/the-case-of-iran-a-nuclear-program-that-the-iranians-admit-was-18/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/david-kay-20711_admit_the-case-of-iran-a-nuclear-program-that_2807574.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/david-kay-20711_admit_the-case-of-iran-a-nuclear-program-that_2807574.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/david-kay-20711_admit_the-case-of-iran-a-nuclear-program-that_2807574.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The case of Iran, a nuclear program that the Iranians admit was 18 years on, that we underestimated. And, in…” — David Kay",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 10,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Few Americans realize it, but the United Nations is driving to take control over the Internet. You remember, the folks who want a worldwide income tax and who put Syria and Iran on their Human Rights Committee.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Arthur L. Herman"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-l-herman/few-americans-realize-it-but-the-united-nations-is-driving-to-take/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc7/arthur-l-herman-34686_american_few-americans-realize-it-but-the-united_580565.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc7/arthur-l-herman-34686_american_few-americans-realize-it-but-the-united_580565.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc7/arthur-l-herman-34686_american_few-americans-realize-it-but-the-united_580565.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Few Americans realize it, but the United Nations is driving to take control over the Internet. You remember…” — Arthur L. Herman",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 11,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to remain vigilant about it. We're not going to waver in the defense of our security or that of our allies and partners.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Barack Obama"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-united-states-is-imposing-sanctions-on-individuals-and-companies/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/barack-obama-17_allies_the-united-states-is-imposing-sanctions_52813.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/barack-obama-17_allies_the-united-states-is-imposing-sanctions_52813.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/barack-obama-17_allies_the-united-states-is-imposing-sanctions_52813.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic…” — Barack Obama",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 12,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I think this does show that there will be some changes, not so much in Europe or Asia but certainly in the Middle East. General [James] Mattis has called for a comprehensive strategy to combat the various enemies the United States faces in the Middle East, especially Iran.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Peter R. Mansoor"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-mansoor/i-think-this-does-show-that-there-will-be-some-changes-not-so-much-in/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/peter-r-mansoor-34309_asia_i-think-this-does-show-that-there-will-b_211963.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/peter-r-mansoor-34309_asia_i-think-this-does-show-that-there-will-b_211963.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/peter-r-mansoor-34309_asia_i-think-this-does-show-that-there-will-b_211963.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I think this does show that there will be some changes, not so much in Europe or Asia but certainly in the…” — Peter R. Mansoor",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 13,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "There's no question but that a nuclear Iran, a nuclear-capable Iran is unacceptable to America. It presents a threat not only to our friends but ultimately a threat to us to have Iran have nuclear material, nuclear weapons that could be used against us or used to be threatening to us.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mitt Romney"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/there-s-no-question-but-that-a-nuclear-iran-a-nuclear-capable-iran-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/mitt-romney-268_america_there-s-no-question-but-that-a-nuclear-i_2109321.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/mitt-romney-268_america_there-s-no-question-but-that-a-nuclear-i_2109321.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/mitt-romney-268_america_there-s-no-question-but-that-a-nuclear-i_2109321.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“There's no question but that a nuclear Iran, a nuclear-capable Iran is unacceptable to America. It presents…” — Mitt Romney",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 14,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "One topic which often brings liberals and conservatives together in the U.S. is Iran. There is a general consensus that the Revolution was the embodiment of backwardness and barbarism.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mohammad Marandi"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammad-marandi/one-topic-which-often-brings-liberals-and-conservatives-together-in/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/mohammad-marandi-26417_barbarism_one-topic-which-often-brings-liberals-an_3007039.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/mohammad-marandi-26417_barbarism_one-topic-which-often-brings-liberals-an_3007039.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/mohammad-marandi-26417_barbarism_one-topic-which-often-brings-liberals-an_3007039.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“One topic which often brings liberals and conservatives together in the U.S. is Iran. There is a general…” — Mohammad Marandi",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 15,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's what brings leaders in Turkey to attack Israel the way they do. When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's why we see the leader of Iran... continuing to build the nuclear reactors.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Danny Danon"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-danon/when-we-see-a-lack-of-leadership-coming-from-the-white-house-that-s/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/danny-danon-49352_attack_when-we-see-a-lack-of-leadership-coming_2837636.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/danny-danon-49352_attack_when-we-see-a-lack-of-leadership-coming_2837636.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/danny-danon-49352_attack_when-we-see-a-lack-of-leadership-coming_2837636.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's what brings leaders in Turkey to attack…” — Danny Danon",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 16,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We [USA] don't have diplomatic leverage to eliminate every vestige of a peaceful nuclear program in Iran. What we do have the leverage to do is to make sure that they don't have a weapon.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Barack Obama"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-usa-don-t-have-diplomatic-leverage-to-eliminate-every-vestige-of-a/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/barack-obama-17_diplomatic_we-usa-don-t-have-diplomatic-leverage-to_2233652.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/barack-obama-17_diplomatic_we-usa-don-t-have-diplomatic-leverage-to_2233652.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/barack-obama-17_diplomatic_we-usa-don-t-have-diplomatic-leverage-to_2233652.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We [USA] don't have diplomatic leverage to eliminate every vestige of a peaceful nuclear program in Iran…” — Barack Obama",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 17,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The Muslim women that I have met are super-powerful and amazing and smart and they are, they're not allowing themselves to be held back by the laws that exist. And you know, the Internet exists now, and mobile phones are freeing up stuff. I have a really good friend who's from Iran and a really good friend who's from Kuwait, and they talk about getting music on the black market and how that's such an intense, amazing experience. And how they value the music so much more, because it's such a risk to own it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Larkin Grimm"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larkin-grimm/the-muslim-women-that-i-have-met-are-super-powerful-and-amazing-and/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/larkin-grimm-21078_allowing_the-muslim-women-that-i-have-met-are-sup_2482473.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/larkin-grimm-21078_allowing_the-muslim-women-that-i-have-met-are-sup_2482473.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/larkin-grimm-21078_allowing_the-muslim-women-that-i-have-met-are-sup_2482473.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The Muslim women that I have met are super-powerful and amazing and smart and they are, they're not allowing…” — Larkin Grimm",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 18,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "These issues that exist among people that we are Iranian and what we need to do for Iran are not correct; these issues are not correct. This issue, which is perhaps being discussed everywhere, regarding paying attention to nation and nationality is nonsense in Islam and is against Islam. One of the things that the designers of Imperialism and their agents have promoted is the idea of nation and nationality.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Ruhollah Khomeini"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruhollah-khomeini/these-issues-that-exist-among-people-that-we-are-iranian-and-what-we/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/ruhollah-khomeini-16187_agents_these-issues-that-exist-among-people-tha_487138.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/ruhollah-khomeini-16187_agents_these-issues-that-exist-among-people-tha_487138.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/ruhollah-khomeini-16187_agents_these-issues-that-exist-among-people-tha_487138.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“These issues that exist among people that we are Iranian and what we need to do for Iran are not correct…” — Ruhollah Khomeini",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 19,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“it wasn’t the only aspect of Iran that reminded me of America. The two countries had far more similarities than either would care to admit; both maligned and misunderstood, tarnished in the eyes of the world by a minority of religious fundamentalists and obstreperous politicians, but in truth, populated by generous, hospitable people, endlessly innovative and industrious with a truly astounding capacity for vast portions of food. The meth-cooking drug labs of their respective deserts were another more recent and unfortunate similarity. Shishe had come late to Iran, in the last decade, but was ripping through the country, overtaking heroin as the drug of choice among disaffected youth and even upper-class women looking for a quick weight-loss plan.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Lois Pryce"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-pryce/it-wasn-t-the-only-aspect-of-iran-that-reminded-me-of-america-the-two/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/lois-pryce-40031_iran_it-wasn-t-the-only-aspect-of-iran-that-r_2399897.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/lois-pryce-40031_iran_it-wasn-t-the-only-aspect-of-iran-that-r_2399897.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/lois-pryce-40031_iran_it-wasn-t-the-only-aspect-of-iran-that-r_2399897.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“it wasn’t the only aspect of Iran that reminded me of America. The two countries had far more similarities…” — Lois Pryce",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 20,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "It was really bizarre, that Sabzian business. You know I had no interest in being photographed before this incident. But then not just Sabzian—many other people started pretending they were me! One of them actually got married while pretending he was me! My face became publicly recognizable soon after I decided to have a few photographs of me available in public to prevent these sorts of identity thefts. It is really pathetic, if you think of it. Filmmakers and filmmaking is so popular in Iran because all other forms of expression have been denied to people.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mohsen Makhmalbaf"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsen-makhmalbaf/it-was-really-bizarre-that-sabzian-business-you-know-i-had-no/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/mohsen-makhmalbaf-24064_available_it-was-really-bizarre-that-sabzian-busin_1038047.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/mohsen-makhmalbaf-24064_available_it-was-really-bizarre-that-sabzian-busin_1038047.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/mohsen-makhmalbaf-24064_available_it-was-really-bizarre-that-sabzian-busin_1038047.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“It was really bizarre, that Sabzian business. You know I had no interest in being photographed before this…” — Mohsen Makhmalbaf",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 21,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The Iranian issue I don't think has much to do with nuclear weapons frankly. Nobody is saying Iran should have nuclear weapons ­nor should anybody else. But the point in the Middle East, as distinct from North Korea, is that this is center of the world's energy resources. Originally the British and secondarily the French had dominated it, but after the Second World War, it's been a U.S. preserve. That's been an axiom of U.S. foreign policy, that it must control Middle East energy resources.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Noam Chomsky"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-iranian-issue-i-don-t-think-has-much-to-do-with-nuclear-weapons/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/noam-chomsky-42_axioms_the-iranian-issue-i-don-t-think-has-much_1395780.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/noam-chomsky-42_axioms_the-iranian-issue-i-don-t-think-has-much_1395780.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/noam-chomsky-42_axioms_the-iranian-issue-i-don-t-think-has-much_1395780.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The Iranian issue I don't think has much to do with nuclear weapons frankly. Nobody is saying Iran should…” — Noam Chomsky",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 22,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I'm one of those gay people who's constantly reminded of how fortunate I am to live now and not to be Ennis and Jack [from Brokeback Mountain] or whatever - not that I'd mind being Ennis for half an hour. But it's been so much worse recently. It still is terrible. In Iran, they're hanging gay teenagers. I'm grateful for how far the United States, even with its crazy Christians, has come on a lot of issues. And the fact that I get called a faggot occasionally by a crack addict, while annoying, certainly isn't a lobotomy and prison.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Dan Savage"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-m-one-of-those-gay-people-who-s-constantly-reminded-of-how/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/dan-savage-2880_addict_i-m-one-of-those-gay-people-who-s-consta_100210.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/dan-savage-2880_addict_i-m-one-of-those-gay-people-who-s-consta_100210.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/dan-savage-2880_addict_i-m-one-of-those-gay-people-who-s-consta_100210.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I'm one of those gay people who's constantly reminded of how fortunate I am to live now and not to be Ennis…” — Dan Savage",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 23,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Without mentioning names, it was other people. Some day, they ought to open the report and find out. But it was other people that knocked down the World Trade Center. So, it's no reason to go into a big - now. But it was a horrible mistake that unfortunately we should never have done it. We have lost trillions of dollars, thousands of lives, wounded warriors, who I love, all over the place. And here is the other part. Iran is taking over Iraq. They have wanted it for decades and decades and decades. They're taking it over.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Donald Trump"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/without-mentioning-names-it-was-other-people-some-day-they-ought-to/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/donald-trump-18_bigs_without-mentioning-names-it-was-other-pe_67017.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/donald-trump-18_bigs_without-mentioning-names-it-was-other-pe_67017.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/donald-trump-18_bigs_without-mentioning-names-it-was-other-pe_67017.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Without mentioning names, it was other people. Some day, they ought to open the report and find out. But it…” — Donald Trump",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 24,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "My guess is that Trump will begin withdrawing troops from Europe at a slow pace. He will demand a renovation of the Iran Accord and get nowhere with this. There might be more US sanctions on Iran. However, the Iranians will not compromise with Trump, and barring a naval confrontation in the Persian Gulf, it will be US businesses that will suffer and Trump's frustration level that will go up.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Lawrence Davidson"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-davidson/my-guess-is-that-trump-will-begin-withdrawing-troops-from-europe-at-a/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/lawrence-davidson-29729_accord_my-guess-is-that-trump-will-begin-withdr_585263.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/lawrence-davidson-29729_accord_my-guess-is-that-trump-will-begin-withdr_585263.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/lawrence-davidson-29729_accord_my-guess-is-that-trump-will-begin-withdr_585263.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“My guess is that Trump will begin withdrawing troops from Europe at a slow pace. He will demand a renovation…” — Lawrence Davidson",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 25,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "What could become a danger to world peace is Iran's nuclear program and the country's open threat to annihilate Israel.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Sigmar Gabriel"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-gabriel/what-could-become-a-danger-to-world-peace-is-iran-s-nuclear-program/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/sigmar-gabriel-14684_country_what-could-become-a-danger-to-world-peac_2577699.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/sigmar-gabriel-14684_country_what-could-become-a-danger-to-world-peac_2577699.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/sigmar-gabriel-14684_country_what-could-become-a-danger-to-world-peac_2577699.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“What could become a danger to world peace is Iran's nuclear program and the country's open threat to…” — Sigmar Gabriel",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 26,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Earl Blumenauer"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-blumenauer/after-september-11-when-the-united-states-took-action-to-overthrow/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/earl-blumenauer-30813_able_after-september-11-when-the-united-state_2056487.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/earl-blumenauer-30813_able_after-september-11-when-the-united-state_2056487.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/earl-blumenauer-30813_able_after-september-11-when-the-united-state_2056487.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's…” — Earl Blumenauer",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 27,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We do have the nuclear weapons agreement with Iran, that's an enforcement consequence, action for action, follow on. We have a plan, we will watch them, we will be vigilant.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Hillary Clinton"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-do-have-the-nuclear-weapons-agreement-with-iran-that-s-an/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/hillary-clinton-51_action_we-do-have-the-nuclear-weapons-agreement_1277160.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/hillary-clinton-51_action_we-do-have-the-nuclear-weapons-agreement_1277160.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/hillary-clinton-51_action_we-do-have-the-nuclear-weapons-agreement_1277160.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We do have the nuclear weapons agreement with Iran, that's an enforcement consequence, action for action…” — Hillary Clinton",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 28,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Since all signs indicate that we shouldn't participate in this election, participating in the election has no meaning.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mohammad Khatami"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammad-khatami/since-all-signs-indicate-that-we-shouldn-t-participate-in-this/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/mohammad-khatami-40550_election_since-all-signs-indicate-that-we-shouldn_50584.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/mohammad-khatami-40550_election_since-all-signs-indicate-that-we-shouldn_50584.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/mohammad-khatami-40550_election_since-all-signs-indicate-that-we-shouldn_50584.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Since all signs indicate that we shouldn't participate in this election, participating in the election has…” — Mohammad Khatami",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 29,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The development of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to carry them would be a very destabilizing effect, should Iran be able to accomplish that.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Richard Armitage"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armitage/the-development-of-weapons-of-mass-destruction-and-the-missiles-to/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/richard-armitage-2741_able_the-development-of-weapons-of-mass-destr_1062351.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/richard-armitage-2741_able_the-development-of-weapons-of-mass-destr_1062351.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/richard-armitage-2741_able_the-development-of-weapons-of-mass-destr_1062351.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The development of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to carry them would be a very destabilizing…” — Richard Armitage",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 30,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Mohammed Taheri-Azar, a naturalized U.S. citizen hailing from Iran, crashed his SUV into a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006, injuring nine people.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Peter Bergen"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-bergen/mohammed-taheri-azar-a-naturalized-u-s-citizen-hailing-from-iran/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/peter-bergen-1880_crashed_mohammed-taheri-azar-a-naturalized-u-s-c_2188884.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/peter-bergen-1880_crashed_mohammed-taheri-azar-a-naturalized-u-s-c_2188884.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/peter-bergen-1880_crashed_mohammed-taheri-azar-a-naturalized-u-s-c_2188884.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Mohammed Taheri-Azar, a naturalized U.S. citizen hailing from Iran, crashed his SUV into a crowd at the…” — Peter Bergen",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 31,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Abbas Kiarostami"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abbas-kiarostami/if-you-are-a-businessman-or-a-politician-in-iran-you-can-get-a-visa/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/abbas-kiarostami-2631_ask_if-you-are-a-businessman-or-a-politician_1888280.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/abbas-kiarostami-2631_ask_if-you-are-a-businessman-or-a-politician_1888280.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/abbas-kiarostami-2631_ask_if-you-are-a-businessman-or-a-politician_1888280.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.” — Abbas Kiarostami",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 32,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Washington sees the various local and national conflicts in the Middle East as part of a battle for regional hegemony between the U.S. and Iran.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Stephen Kinzer"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-kinzer/washington-sees-the-various-local-and-national-conflicts-in-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/stephen-kinzer-2514_battle_washington-sees-the-various-local-and-na_2717676.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/stephen-kinzer-2514_battle_washington-sees-the-various-local-and-na_2717676.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/stephen-kinzer-2514_battle_washington-sees-the-various-local-and-na_2717676.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Washington sees the various local and national conflicts in the Middle East as part of a battle for regional…” — Stephen Kinzer",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 33,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea. It's the route for them to arm Hezbollah in Lebanon, which threatens, of course, our ally, Israel.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mitt Romney"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/syria-is-iran-s-only-ally-in-the-arab-world-it-s-their-route-to-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/mitt-romney-268_allies_syria-is-iran-s-only-ally-in-the-arab-wo_2751810.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/mitt-romney-268_allies_syria-is-iran-s-only-ally-in-the-arab-wo_2751810.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/mitt-romney-268_allies_syria-is-iran-s-only-ally-in-the-arab-wo_2751810.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea. It's the route for them to arm…” — Mitt Romney",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 34,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Trying to turn the Congress the President on the Iran deal, - it's one thing to do that - it's a giant moment in Israeli politics to decide to do that.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Lawrence O'Donnell"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-o-donnell/trying-to-turn-the-congress-the-president-on-the-iran-deal-it-s-one/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_congress_trying-to-turn-the-congress-the-presiden_2484753.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_congress_trying-to-turn-the-congress-the-presiden_2484753.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_congress_trying-to-turn-the-congress-the-presiden_2484753.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Trying to turn the Congress the President on the Iran deal, - it's one thing to do that - it's a giant…” — Lawrence O'Donnell",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 35,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I have travelled a great deal - to Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt - and can very well differentiate between moderate Muslims and Islam.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Geert Wilders"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geert-wilders/i-have-travelled-a-great-deal-to-afghanistan-iran-egypt-and-can-very/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e17/geert-wilders-1869_afghanistan_i-have-travelled-a-great-deal-to-afghani_3006438.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e17/geert-wilders-1869_afghanistan_i-have-travelled-a-great-deal-to-afghani_3006438.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e17/geert-wilders-1869_afghanistan_i-have-travelled-a-great-deal-to-afghani_3006438.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I have travelled a great deal - to Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt - and can very well differentiate between…” — Geert Wilders",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 36,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We've had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system? Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Akbar Ganji"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akbar-ganji/we-ve-had-60-years-of-intellectual-development-in-iran-how-can-we/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/akbar-ganji-14195_changed_we-ve-had-60-years-of-intellectual-devel_2783425.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/akbar-ganji-14195_changed_we-ve-had-60-years-of-intellectual-devel_2783425.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/akbar-ganji-14195_changed_we-ve-had-60-years-of-intellectual-devel_2783425.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We've had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system? Even theories of…” — Akbar Ganji",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 37,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Show me one Iranian diplomat we killed! I can show you many Saudi diplomats who were killed by Iran.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Adel al-Jubeir"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adel-al-jubeir/show-me-one-iranian-diplomat-we-killed-i-can-show-you-many-saudi/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/adel-al-jubeir-16862_diplomats_show-me-one-iranian-diplomat-we-killed-i_939583.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/adel-al-jubeir-16862_diplomats_show-me-one-iranian-diplomat-we-killed-i_939583.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/adel-al-jubeir-16862_diplomats_show-me-one-iranian-diplomat-we-killed-i_939583.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Show me one Iranian diplomat we killed! I can show you many Saudi diplomats who were killed by Iran.” — Adel al-Jubeir",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 38,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Does John Kerry have to give them [Iran] every little thing? You'll pass some sanctions for human rights and missiles, and I'll grudgingly sign on.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Hillary Clinton"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/does-john-kerry-have-to-give-them-iran-every-little-thing-you-ll-pass/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/hillary-clinton-51_doe_does-john-kerry-have-to-give-them-iran-e_2069380.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/hillary-clinton-51_doe_does-john-kerry-have-to-give-them-iran-e_2069380.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/hillary-clinton-51_doe_does-john-kerry-have-to-give-them-iran-e_2069380.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Does John Kerry have to give them [Iran] every little thing? You'll pass some sanctions for human rights and…” — Hillary Clinton",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 39,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Mitt Romney has a fund-raiser. He's going to get in the ring and fight Evander Holyfield. This is the dumbest thing Republicans have done since they wrote that open letter to Iran.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "David Letterman"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-letterman/mitt-romney-has-a-fund-raiser-he-s-going-to-get-in-the-ring-and-fight/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/david-letterman-378_done_mitt-romney-has-a-fund-raiser-he-s-going_450922.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/david-letterman-378_done_mitt-romney-has-a-fund-raiser-he-s-going_450922.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/david-letterman-378_done_mitt-romney-has-a-fund-raiser-he-s-going_450922.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Mitt Romney has a fund-raiser. He's going to get in the ring and fight Evander Holyfield. This is the…” — David Letterman",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 40,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "[Barack Obama] gives away $400 million in cash, but it turns out to $1.7 billion in cash [for Iran].",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Donald Trump"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/barack-obama-gives-away-400-million-in-cash-but-it-turns-out-to-1-7/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/donald-trump-18_barack_barack-obama-gives-away-400-million-in-c_1399908.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/donald-trump-18_barack_barack-obama-gives-away-400-million-in-c_1399908.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/donald-trump-18_barack_barack-obama-gives-away-400-million-in-c_1399908.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“[Barack Obama] gives away $400 million in cash, but it turns out to $1.7 billion in cash [for Iran].” — Donald Trump",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/page/13/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/page/13/",
            "name": "Iran Quotes · Page 13",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/mike-braun-6328_america_iran-has-been-one-of-america-s-greatest_144125.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Browse 1,422 Iran quotes by 537 authors. Discover the best Iran sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/page/13/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/page/13/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Iran Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/iran/page/13/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```