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title: "Great Iran Sayings"
description: "Browse 1,422 Iran quotes by 537 authors. Discover the best Iran sayings and thoughts."
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> [Take a lesson from President Obama, and don't go around Congress. When given the opportunity to work with lawmakers on the Iran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-ortagus/take-a-lesson-from-president-obama-and-don-t-go-around-congress-when/)

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

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> [I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jalal-talabani/i-always-tell-the-kurds-who-defend-independence-let-s-say-we-declared/)

[Jalal Talabani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jalal-talabani/)

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> [There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-james-olmos/there-are-nuclear-weapons-in-china-iran-korea-and-pakistan-it-wouldn/)

[Edward James Olmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-james-olmos/)

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> [Any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries that sponsor terrorism to remain as members, such as Cuba, is not real reform.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mccaul/any-human-rights-council-reform-that-allows-countries-that-sponsor/)

[Michael McCaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mccaul/)

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> [O Cyrus , great King, King of Kings, Achaemenian King, King of the land of Iran. I, the Shahanshah of Iran, offer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/o-cyrus-great-king-king-of-kings-achaemenian-king-king-of-the-land-of/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

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> [But since the end of the 1970s, at the beginning of the revolution in Iran under Khomenei, we have experienced a politicization…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-schwarzer/but-since-the-end-of-the-1970s-at-the-beginning-of-the-revolution-in/)

[Alice Schwarzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-schwarzer/)

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> [My red line is Iran may not have a nuclear weapon. It is inappropriate for them to have the capacity to terrorize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/my-red-line-is-iran-may-not-have-a-nuclear-weapon-it-is-inappropriate/)

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

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> [Obviously Muslim societies, like societies elsewhere, are becoming increasingly urban, many are becoming industrial, but since so many have oil and gas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-p-huntington/obviously-muslim-societies-like-societies-elsewhere-are-becoming/)

[Samuel P. Huntington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-p-huntington/)

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> [The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that "some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/the-european-arguments-against-the-iran-libya-sanctions-act/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

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> [The Saudis have never shown any respect for human rights, either now or in the past. Even a petty burglar faces having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/the-saudis-have-never-shown-any-respect-for-human-rights-either-now/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

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> [The Security Council decided to deal with Iran's nuclear intentions. The international community will not be willing to tolerate an Iran with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-katsav/the-security-council-decided-to-deal-with-iran-s-nuclear-intentions/)

[Moshe Katsav](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-katsav/)

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> [I hope to come back to Iran again if it pleases Allah; I hope to be your guest again, and I hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-farrakhan/i-hope-to-come-back-to-iran-again-if-it-pleases-allah-i-hope-to-be/)

[Louis Farrakhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-farrakhan/)

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> [If Iran seeks to meddle in domestic Indian politics by creating disaffection among the Shias of Uttar Pradesh, what better way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanjaya-baru/if-iran-seeks-to-meddle-in-domestic-indian-politics-by-creating/)

[Sanjaya Baru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanjaya-baru/)

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> [When I declared my candidacy, I knew what bad shape America was in. And believe me all you have to do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/when-i-declared-my-candidacy-i-knew-what-bad-shape-america-was-in-and/)

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

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> [In the end, for all of Obama's grand rhetoric on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, history has doomed him to preside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-p-m-barnett/in-the-end-for-all-of-obama-s-grand-rhetoric-on-ridding-the-world-of/)

[Thomas P.M. Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-p-m-barnett/)

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> [Iran has agreed to deepen our coordination as we work to locate Robert Levinson, missing from Iran for more than eight years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/iran-has-agreed-to-deepen-our-coordination-as-we-work-to-locate/)

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

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> [There are no military options for Iran. Attack them, and they will destroy the Gulf States oil industries, rain hundreds of missiles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-nance/there-are-no-military-options-for-iran-attack-them-and-they-will/)

[Malcolm Nance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-nance/)

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> [When I was serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan, I worked very hard to get Japan to stop importing oil from Iran,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hagerty/when-i-was-serving-as-u-s-ambassador-to-japan-i-worked-very-hard-to/)

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

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> [Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rice/iran-s-arms-exports-to-the-murderous-assad-regime-in-syria-are-of/)

[Susan Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rice/)

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> [The targets of George W. Bush's 'axis of evil' speech were not Iraq, Iran and North Korea. Those regimes don't need a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-blinken/the-targets-of-george-w-bush-s-axis-of-evil-speech-were-not-iraq-iran/)

[Antony Blinken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-blinken/)

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> [Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/iran-is-a-country-of-80-million-people-educated-and-dynamic-it-sits/)

[Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/)

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> [“The king who deals harshly with merchants who come from afar closes the door of well-being upon the whole of his subjects.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saadi/the-king-who-deals-harshly-with-merchants-who-come-from-afar-closes/)

[Saadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saadi/)

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> [If Iran becomes a nuclear weapon state it is the end of non-proliferation as we know it. If Iran gets a nuclear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liam-fox/if-iran-becomes-a-nuclear-weapon-state-it-is-the-end-of-non/)

[Liam Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liam-fox/)

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> [If Tehran insists on combining the Persian imperial tradition with contemporary Islamic fervor, then a collision with America and, indeed, with its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-tehran-insists-on-combining-the-persian-imperial-tradition-with/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [There are three foundational issues or three divisions that I should say that Sharia fits into, one is penal law of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-durie/there-are-three-foundational-issues-or-three-divisions-that-i-should/)

[Mark Durie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-durie/)

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> [I was born in Iran, my parents are Armenian. We fled from Iran to the Netherlands when I was eight years old.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gegard-mousasi/i-was-born-in-iran-my-parents-are-armenian-we-fled-from-iran-to-the/)

[Gegard Mousasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gegard-mousasi/)

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> [The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/the-more-israel-sinks-into-the-west-bank-the-more-it-is-delegitimized/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

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> [Whether you're dealing with your allies in Europe or you're dealing with a resurgent Russia, whether you're dealing with Iran or North…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-gorka/whether-you-re-dealing-with-your-allies-in-europe-or-you-re-dealing/)

[Sebastian Gorka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-gorka/)

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> [We've achieved this historic progress through diplomacy, without resorting to another war in the Middle East. I want to also point out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-ve-achieved-this-historic-progress-through-diplomacy-without/)

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

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> [Iran should write us yet another letter saying thank you very much, because Iran, as I said many years ago, Iran is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/iran-should-write-us-yet-another-letter-saying-thank-you-very-much/)

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

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> [A celebrated and hugely popular actress in her native Iran, Ahangarani first landed on the radar of the Iranian authorities for her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nazanin-boniadi/a-celebrated-and-hugely-popular-actress-in-her-native-iran-ahangarani/)

[Nazanin Boniadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nazanin-boniadi/)

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> [When Iran continues to get away with bad behavior, what do our allies who are Iran's enemies think about us? It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carly-fiorina/when-iran-continues-to-get-away-with-bad-behavior-what-do-our-allies/)

[Carly Fiorina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carly-fiorina/)

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> [The Republicans are whistling past the graveyard. If we don't change our policies on immigration, you're going to be looking at Iran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/the-republicans-are-whistling-past-the-graveyard-if-we-don-t-change/)

[Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/)

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> [For all good sorts of security reasons, Israel wants to remain the only nuclear power in the Middle East, but a nuclear-armed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mearsheimer/for-all-good-sorts-of-security-reasons-israel-wants-to-remain-the/)

[John Mearsheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mearsheimer/)

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> [Mattis has been sharply critical of President Barack Obama's policies on Iran and Obama's capping of troop numbers and campaign end-dates in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-bergen/mattis-has-been-sharply-critical-of-president-barack-obama-s-policies/)

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

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> [Politics in Iran is not played like American football. It's played like chess. There are multiple moves. You're jumping ahead. And a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-sick/politics-in-iran-is-not-played-like-american-football-it-s-played/)

[Gary Sick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-sick/)

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> [Iran's goal is not to become another North Korea - a nuclear weapons possessor but a pariah in the international community -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohamed-elbaradei/iran-s-goal-is-not-to-become-another-north-korea-a-nuclear-weapons/)

[Mohamed ElBaradei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohamed-elbaradei/)

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> [People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/people-should-have-freedom-in-their-pilgrimages-and-tours-they-should/)

[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/)

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> [Trump might well choose to renege on US obligations (so much for the sanctity of contracts!) and no doubt he would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-davidson/trump-might-well-choose-to-renege-on-us-obligations-so-much-for-the/)

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

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> [Everything is a conspiracy. People kind of demonize the word. But a conspiracy is when two people get together and do something.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-belzer/everything-is-a-conspiracy-people-kind-of-demonize-the-word-but-a/)

[Richard Belzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-belzer/)

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                        "text": "O Cyrus , great King, King of Kings, Achaemenian King, King of the land of Iran. I, the Shahanshah of Iran, offer thee salutations from myself and from my nation. Rest in peace, for we are awake, and we will always stay awake.",
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                        "text": "But since the end of the 1970s, at the beginning of the revolution in Iran under Khomenei, we have experienced a politicization of Islam. From the beginning, it had a primary adversary: the emancipation of women. With more men now coming to us from this cultural sphere, and some additionally brutalized by civil wars, this is a problem. We cannot simply ignore it.",
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                        "text": "The Saudis have never shown any respect for human rights, either now or in the past. Even a petty burglar faces having one of his hands chopped off. The liberal press in America prefers to ignore all this, although they don't hesitate to blacken the reputation of Iran.",
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                        "text": "I hope to come back to Iran again if it pleases Allah; I hope to be your guest again, and I hope that Allah will bless me to speak at Salat al-Jumu'ah. I pray for our success and the success of all good thinking righteous people who want to see a world come into existence that is better than the world that we inherited.",
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                        "text": "When I declared my candidacy, I knew what bad shape America was in. And believe me all you have to do is look at world events. All you have to do is look at the $1.7 billion that we sent to Iran in cash. In cash. All you have to do is see the way ISIS was created in the vacuum left by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama out of Iraq.",
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