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title: "Top Iran Proverbs"
description: "Browse 1,422 Iran quotes by 537 authors. Discover the best Iran sayings and thoughts."
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> [ If you're saying that Prime Minister \[Benjamin\] Netanyahu got fired up, he's been fired up repeatedly during the course of my presidency,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-you-re-saying-that-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-got-fired-up/)

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

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> [The idea of feeling displaced, and never feeling safe anywhere in the world, where you always feel like you're safer if you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirin-neshat/the-idea-of-feeling-displaced-and-never-feeling-safe-anywhere-in-the/)

[Shirin Neshat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirin-neshat/)

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> [Why should Iran have a deterrent strategy? Well, it's surrounded by hostile enemies. Both of its borders have been under occupation by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/why-should-iran-have-a-deterrent-strategy-well-it-s-surrounded-by/)

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

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> [Syria and Iran have always had a pretty tight relationship, and it looks to me like they just cooked up a press…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/syria-and-iran-have-always-had-a-pretty-tight-relationship-and-it/)

[Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/)

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> [There are two clocks ticking in Iran. One is the democracy movement clock which is ticking now faster than it was but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/there-are-two-clocks-ticking-in-iran-one-is-the-democracy-movement/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [To many American Jews, it is a truism that Barack Obama was the anti-Israel president. It was Mr. Obama who signed the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bari-weiss/to-many-american-jews-it-is-a-truism-that-barack-obama-was-the-anti/)

[Bari Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bari-weiss/)

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> [Bad actors like Russia, Iran, and China have demonstrated time and time again they have both the capabilities and the intent to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-hurd/bad-actors-like-russia-iran-and-china-have-demonstrated-time-and-time/)

[Will Hurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-hurd/)

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> [For Americans, of course, it's football, basketball, and baseball. We live for it. In many ways, it sums up who we are.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-burroughs/for-americans-of-course-it-s-football-basketball-and-baseball-we-live/)

[Jordan Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-burroughs/)

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> [The fact that there were discreet channels of communication established with Iran in 2012 is something that we confirmed publicly. However, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-rhodes/the-fact-that-there-were-discreet-channels-of-communication/)

[Ben Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-rhodes/)

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> [Newspapers are closed if they print the wrong things in Iran. Iranian journalists or Iranian-American journalists, for that matter, I think are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-inskeep/newspapers-are-closed-if-they-print-the-wrong-things-in-iran-iranian/)

[Steve Inskeep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-inskeep/)

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> [We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-c-sorensen/we-have-treated-our-most-serious-adversaries-such-as-iran-and-north/)

[Theodore C. Sorensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-c-sorensen/)

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> [With the common Iranian threat bringing the Sunni Arab world and Israel closer together, an Israeli-Palestinian peace would go a long way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-bronfman-sr/with-the-common-iranian-threat-bringing-the-sunni-arab-world-and/)

[Edgar Bronfman, Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-bronfman-sr/)

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> [Like the way we get to know about the society of Korea, Iran, and other countries through their films, people will get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nawazuddin-siddiqui/like-the-way-we-get-to-know-about-the-society-of-korea-iran-and-other/)

[Nawazuddin Siddiqui](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nawazuddin-siddiqui/)

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> [After spending the 1980s building up Saddam's Iraq as a counterweight to Iran, U.S. policy abruptly reversed course with his invasion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ignatieff/after-spending-the-1980s-building-up-saddam-s-iraq-as-a-counterweight/)

[Michael Ignatieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ignatieff/)

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> [Iran's stance has always been clear on this ugly phenomenon (Israel). We have repeatedly said that this cancerous tumor of a state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-khamenei/iran-s-stance-has-always-been-clear-on-this-ugly-phenomenon-israel-we/)

[Ali Khamenei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-khamenei/)

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> [They are longing for a war with Iran. Iran is no more a harm to us than was Iraq or Afghanistan. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/they-are-longing-for-a-war-with-iran-iran-is-no-more-a-harm-to-us/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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> [It's a deal that will lead to a nuclear Iran, an Israel that will be less safe and secure, and a much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-christie/it-s-a-deal-that-will-lead-to-a-nuclear-iran-an-israel-that-will-be/)

[Chris Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-christie/)

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> [I don't know what our capabilities are. If I were there, I think it would be nutty to do that. The only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scheuer/i-don-t-know-what-our-capabilities-are-if-i-were-there-i-think-it/)

[Michael Scheuer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scheuer/)

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> [From the Israeli perspective, the fear is that if pressure is off of Iran, Israel would be left having to accept the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trita-parsi/from-the-israeli-perspective-the-fear-is-that-if-pressure-is-off-of/)

[Trita Parsi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trita-parsi/)

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> [I think there is a general interest in films that deal with contemporary issues. Constructions of Iran, Islam, the Middle East as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammad-marandi/i-think-there-is-a-general-interest-in-films-that-deal-with/)

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

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> [Unsurprisingly, Iran used the nuclear deal's massive financial windfall to fund proxy wars, terrorism, missiles, cyber attacks, and the barbarous Assad regime.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hagerty/unsurprisingly-iran-used-the-nuclear-deal-s-massive-financial/)

[Bill Hagerty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hagerty/)

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> [Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-barr/going-to-war-against-iran-whether-one-calls-such-a-move-surgical-or/)

[Bob Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-barr/)

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> [Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don't have a nationalities problem, we don't have an ethnic problem.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akbar-ganji/supporters-of-the-national-front-mosaddeq-believe-that-in-iran-we-don/)

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

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> [As Russia, China, and Iran work overtime to destroy us, we cannot afford to have our military's best and brightest on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronny-jackson/as-russia-china-and-iran-work-overtime-to-destroy-us-we-cannot-afford/)

[Ronny Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronny-jackson/)

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> [Turkey is viewed as a very modern country and a great place to go and visit and yet Islamic as well. Iran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hooman-majd/turkey-is-viewed-as-a-very-modern-country-and-a-great-place-to-go-and/)

[Hooman Majd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hooman-majd/)

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> [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has denounced negotiation with Iran as a 'historic mistake' that is making the world 'a more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-kinzer/prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-of-israel-has-denounced-negotiation/)

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

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> [There is no need for historical research. The war didn't take place a thousand years ago. Over a million Iranians served at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammad-marandi/there-is-no-need-for-historical-research-the-war-didn-t-take-place-a/)

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

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> [Iran's most formidable modern leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, was obsessed with the idea of building a steel mill, but in 1941, soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-kinzer/iran-s-most-formidable-modern-leader-reza-shah-pahlavi-was-obsessed/)

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

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> [Anyone who's gotten their passport in America will tell you, when you get it, it still says what country you were born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maz-jobrani/anyone-who-s-gotten-their-passport-in-america-will-tell-you-when-you/)

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

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> [Listen, every time we're meeting with our counterparts in Israel, the state of Iran is always something that's at the top of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-ortagus/listen-every-time-we-re-meeting-with-our-counterparts-in-israel-the/)

[Morgan Ortagus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-ortagus/)

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> [In fact, an Islamic revival - already abetted from the outside not only by Iran but also by Saudi Arabia - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-brzezinski/in-fact-an-islamic-revival-already-abetted-from-the-outside-not-only/)

[Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-brzezinski/)

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> [Unlike his predecessors, Trump had a unique capability to deter our enemies and influence our friends - that is why, for example,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltz/unlike-his-predecessors-trump-had-a-unique-capability-to-deter-our/)

[Michael Waltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltz/)

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> [After the rigged Iranian presidential elections in 2009, the Islamic regime attacked the 'humanities' as the main source of protests, the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/after-the-rigged-iranian-presidential-elections-in-2009-the-islamic/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

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> [ Sanaz Minaei \[business woman\] shows a visitor a cooking class at one of her several companies and says the opportunities for Iran… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lourdes-garcia-navarro/sanaz-minaei-business-woman-shows-a-visitor-a-cooking-class-at-one-of/)

[Lourdes Garcia-Navarro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lourdes-garcia-navarro/)

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> [I know that my cell phone in Iran... is bugged, and they listen in, and my emails, I'm sure, are monitored inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hooman-majd/i-know-that-my-cell-phone-in-iran-is-bugged-and-they-listen-in-and-my/)

[Hooman Majd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hooman-majd/)

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> [It strikes me often while I am in Iran that were Christian evangelicals to take a tour of Iran today, they might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hooman-majd/it-strikes-me-often-while-i-am-in-iran-that-were-christian/)

[Hooman Majd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hooman-majd/)

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> [Iran is the greatest threat to stability in the Middle East. Iran remains the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, continues its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-inhofe/iran-is-the-greatest-threat-to-stability-in-the-middle-east-iran/)

[James Inhofe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-inhofe/)

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> [The greatest threat to our freedom and prosperity is not al-Qaida, the Taliban, Iran or even China. It's an idea, the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-prince/the-greatest-threat-to-our-freedom-and-prosperity-is-not-al-qaida-the/)

[Erik Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-prince/)

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> [In several speeches and interviews, Donald Trump has brought up his book 'The Art of the Deal,' and said that Obama would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-fallon/in-several-speeches-and-interviews-donald-trump-has-brought-up-his/)

[Jimmy Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-fallon/)

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> [We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-ve-gotten-a-long-way-on-missile-defense-we-know-how-to-do-it-we/)

[Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/)

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## 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/)

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                        "text": "There is no need for historical research. The war didn't take place a thousand years ago. Over a million Iranians served at one time or another in the war fronts and most of them are living ordinary lives today and are available for interviews. These stories are largely unknown in Iran and when I tell them to my friends or students they usually laugh.",
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