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title: "333 Iranian Quotes by 177 authors"
description: "Browse 333 Iranian quotes by 177 authors. Discover the best Iranian sayings and thoughts."
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> [The Iranian people have a proud past. They merit a great future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/the-iranian-people-have-a-proud-past-they-merit-a-great-future/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

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> [I feel more Jewish than I do Iranian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/said-sayrafiezadeh/i-feel-more-jewish-than-i-do-iranian/)

[Said Sayrafiezadeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/said-sayrafiezadeh/)

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> [An Iranian moderate is one who has run out of ammunition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/an-iranian-moderate-is-one-who-has-run-out-of-ammunition/)

[Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/)

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> [The Iranian state sponsors radicalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamal-khashoggi/the-iranian-state-sponsors-radicalism/)

[Jamal Khashoggi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamal-khashoggi/)

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> [China is very concerned about the Iranian nuclear issue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-zhaoxing/china-is-very-concerned-about-the-iranian-nuclear-issue/)

[Li Zhaoxing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-zhaoxing/)

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> [There's a lack of knowledge about Iran and the Iranian people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hooman-majd/there-s-a-lack-of-knowledge-about-iran-and-the-iranian-people/)

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

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> [There is no shortage of objectionable Iranian behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-blinken/there-is-no-shortage-of-objectionable-iranian-behavior/)

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

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> [Israel must be wiped off the map.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/israel-must-be-wiped-off-the-map/)

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

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> [Many of the Iranian players show their Christian names on their shirts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-tyldesley/many-of-the-iranian-players-show-their-christian-names-on-their-shirts/)

[Clive Tyldesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-tyldesley/)

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> [The Iranian regime continues to violate the human rights of its own people, targeting political and civil society activists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-ortagus/the-iranian-regime-continues-to-violate-the-human-rights-of-its-own/)

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

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> [Our mission to defeat ISIS has been slowed down by the need to defend from additional Iranian attacks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-lamb/our-mission-to-defeat-isis-has-been-slowed-down-by-the-need-to-defend/)

[Conor Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-lamb/)

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> [Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nazanin-boniadi/medicine-anything-academic-is-a-very-persian-iranian-route-to-take-in/)

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

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> [Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/nuclear-energy-is-the-scientific-achievement-of-the-iranian-nation/)

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

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> [The biggest weapon of mass destruction in history is the AK-47, not Iranian nuclear weapons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-lawson/the-biggest-weapon-of-mass-destruction-in-history-is-the-ak-47-not/)

[Guy Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-lawson/)

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> [So Ahmadinejad wants to be the first Iranian in space - wasn't he there just last week? 'Iran launches monkey into space.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/so-ahmadinejad-wants-to-be-the-first-iranian-in-space-wasn-t-he-there/)

[John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/)

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> [Being political is an integral part of being Iranian. Our lives are defined by politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirin-neshat/being-political-is-an-integral-part-of-being-iranian-our-lives-are/)

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

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> [The Iranian leaders describe the American government exactly the way American analysts describe the Iranian one, as an opaque, factionalized system with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-khamenei/the-iranian-leaders-describe-the-american-government-exactly-the-way/)

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

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> [We have marched in lockstep with Israel. We've been side by side with them as they've confronted the Iranian nuclear threat and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-earnest/we-have-marched-in-lockstep-with-israel-we-ve-been-side-by-side-with/)

[Josh Earnest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-earnest/)

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> [I always want to remain positive. In our long history, Iran has been invaded by so many other countries and despite it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/farah-diba/i-always-want-to-remain-positive-in-our-long-history-iran-has-been/)

[Farah Diba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/farah-diba/)

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> [Iran also has an extensive missile development programme. Iranian officials declare that the range of their modified Shahab-3 missiles is 2,000km, putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anders-fogh-rasmussen/iran-also-has-an-extensive-missile-development-programme-iranian/)

[Anders Fogh Rasmussen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anders-fogh-rasmussen/)

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> [The attack on the British embassy in Tehran came just days after the Iranian 'parliament' voted to expel the British ambassador, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-attack-on-the-british-embassy-in-tehran-came-just-days-after-the/)

[Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/)

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> [As long as copyright is breached in Iran and international works are being freely published in magazines and newspapers, no one feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javad-alizadeh/as-long-as-copyright-is-breached-in-iran-and-international-works-are/)

[Javad Alizadeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javad-alizadeh/)

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> [ iPod liberalism \[is\] where we assume that every single Iranian or Chinese who happens to have and love his iPod will also… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evgeny-morozov/ipod-liberalism-is-where-we-assume-that-every-single-iranian-or/)

[Evgeny Morozov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evgeny-morozov/)

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> [The cinematic language and interior destiny of each Iranian film-maker is different. The international influences on them vary from Rossellini to Fellini,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-cinematic-language-and-interior-destiny-of-each-iranian-film/)

[Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/)

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> [I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-call-on-the-iranian-people-it-is-not-too-late-to-replace-the/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

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> [This visa-waiver thing is absurd. Has anybody in the West been targeted by any Iranian national, anybody of Iranian origin, or anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammad-javad-zarif/this-visa-waiver-thing-is-absurd-has-anybody-in-the-west-been/)

[Mohammad Javad Zarif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammad-javad-zarif/)

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> [The idea that Hezbollah is acting as an agent of Iran is very dubious. It's not accepted by specialists on Iran or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-idea-that-hezbollah-is-acting-as-an-agent-of-iran-is-very-dubious/)

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

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> [In many ways I'm similar to Barack Obama, who also has a strange name but was raised by a white American mother.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/said-sayrafiezadeh/in-many-ways-i-m-similar-to-barack-obama-who-also-has-a-strange-name/)

[Said Sayrafiezadeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/said-sayrafiezadeh/)

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> [The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-dershowitz/the-very-concept-of-an-iranian-university-is-an-oxymoron-there-are-no/)

[Alan Dershowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-dershowitz/)

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> [There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akbar-ganji/there-are-varieties-of-theories-of-revolution-according-to-one-of/)

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

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> [I do want to once again speak directly to the Iranian people. Yours is a great civilization with a vibrant culture that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-do-want-to-once-again-speak-directly-to-the-iranian-people-yours-is/)

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

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> [ If Donald Trump dismantles the agreement \[the "Iran nuclear deal"\] won by President Barack Obama with President Hassan Rouhani and the Iranian… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-farrakhan/if-donald-trump-dismantles-the-agreement-the-iran-nuclear-deal-won-by/)

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

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> [Our support for the Shah, the CIA coup in 1953 - has become infused into the Iranian political discourse. The regime that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-m-pollack/our-support-for-the-shah-the-cia-coup-in-1953-has-become-infused-into/)

[Kenneth M. Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-m-pollack/)

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> [...the prominent Egyptian government minister, university professor, and writer Taha Hussein...devoted himself to the study of pre-Islamic Arabian poetry and ended up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-lester/the-prominent-egyptian-government-minister-university-professor-and/)

Toby Lester

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> [Iran is an ancient land, home to a proud culture with a rich heritage of learning and progress. The future of Iran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/iran-is-an-ancient-land-home-to-a-proud-culture-with-a-rich-heritage/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [The Europeans are starting to show that they're finally serious about the Iranian nuclear program, and they appear to be willing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-m-pollack/the-europeans-are-starting-to-show-that-they-re-finally-serious-about/)

[Kenneth M. Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-m-pollack/)

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> [It was Hillary Clinton who worked with Russia on the New START Treaty to reduce their nuclear weapons stockpile. It was Hillary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-kaine/it-was-hillary-clinton-who-worked-with-russia-on-the-new-start-treaty/)

[Tim Kaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-kaine/)

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> [Social media is important, but it does not bring down governments. Governments can shut down the Internet. Governments can control media access.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilan-berman/social-media-is-important-but-it-does-not-bring-down-governments/)

[Ilan Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilan-berman/)

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> [We have never said that the fight against the Iranian aggression and against the expansionist Persian tendencies (which have been demonstrated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saddam-hussein/we-have-never-said-that-the-fight-against-the-iranian-aggression-and/)

[Saddam Hussein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saddam-hussein/)

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> [The intelligence services would probably be in a better position to make an assessment of the advancement of the Iranian nuclear program…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trita-parsi/the-intelligence-services-would-probably-be-in-a-better-position-to/)

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

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## Top authors on Iranian

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                        "text": "This visa-waiver thing is absurd. Has anybody in the West been targeted by any Iranian national, anybody of Iranian origin, or anyone travelling to Iran? Whereas many people have been targeted by the nationals of your allies, people visiting your allies, and people transiting the territory of, again, your allies. So you're looking at the wrong address.",
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                        "text": "In many ways I'm similar to Barack Obama, who also has a strange name but was raised by a white American mother. His background is far more complicated than his name would suggest. Furthermore, the fact that I was a child during the hostage crisis has caused me to equate being Iranian with being alienated.",
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                        "text": "The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive theocracy. Dissenters are not given tenure; they are murdered, after first being tortured. Blasphemy, which is broadly defined, is punished. Gays are not only excluded from Iranian universities, but are imprisoned and killed.",
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                        "text": "There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation. And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it's clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.",
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                        "text": "I do want to once again speak directly to the Iranian people. Yours is a great civilization with a vibrant culture that has so much to contribute to the world - in commerce and in science and in arts. For decades, your government's threats and actions to destabilize your region have isolated Iran from much of the world, and now our governments are talking with one another. Following the nuclear deal, you, especially young Iranians, have the opportunity to begin building new ties with the world.",
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                        "text": "If Donald Trump dismantles the agreement [the \"Iran nuclear deal\"] won by President Barack Obama with President Hassan Rouhani and the Iranian government and people: If he dismantles that, and puts greater sanctions on Iran, then we are leading to another war; another war inspired by Israel, another war that will bring China into war, Russia into war, Europe into war. And the Western world, in this war, will be taken completely down, and a whole new world is on the horizon.",
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                        "text": "Our support for the Shah, the CIA coup in 1953 - has become infused into the Iranian political discourse. The regime that came to power in 1979 during the Iranian revolution actually defined itself as anti-American, and that's now a critical ingredient in the Iranian domestic political debate. That really is the source of our problems - the regime in Tehran continues to see itself as opposing the US. In their eyes, everything the US does is directed at them in a very malevolent way, and therefore they have to fight back against it.",
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                        "text": "Iran is an ancient land, home to a proud culture with a rich heritage of learning and progress. The future of Iran will be decided by the people of Iran. Right now, the Iranian people are struggling with difficult questions about how to build a modern 21st-century society that is at once Muslim, prosperous, and free. There is a long history of friendship between the American people and the people of Iran. As Iran's people move towards a future defined by greater freedom, greater tolerance, they will have no better friend than the United States of America.",
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                        "text": "The Europeans are starting to show that they're finally serious about the Iranian nuclear program, and they appear to be willing to use sticks against Iran. So I think it is imperative that the United States sit down with the Europeans and say, \"Let's make this very clear to the Iranians. Either they can give up their nuclear program and their support for terrorism, in which case we'll given them all kinds of benefits. Otherwise, we'll join in comprehensive, multilateral sanctions that will cripple their very fragile economy.\"",
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                        "text": "It was Hillary Clinton who worked with Russia on the New START Treaty to reduce their nuclear weapons stockpile. It was Hillary Clinton that worked with Russia to get them engaged in a community of nations to stop the Iranian nuclear weapons without firing a shot. She's not going around praising Vladimir Putin as a great guy. But she knows how to sit down at a table and negotiate tough deals. This is a very challenging part of the world, and we ought to have a commander-in-chief who is prepared and done it, rather than somebody who goes around praising Vladimir Putin as a great leader.",
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                        "text": "Social media is important, but it does not bring down governments. Governments can shut down the Internet. Governments can control media access. If they do what the Tunisians did and try and negotiate with the opposition, then the media's still open, the international community can learn what's happening in the country, and then that can provide inspiration. But in mid-2009, the Iranian regime just shut down the Internet. Facebook went dark. Twitter went dark. BBC Persian, Voice of America, Persian News Network all went dark. That was it.",
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                        "text": "We have never said that the fight against the Iranian aggression and against the expansionist Persian tendencies (which have been demonstrated by various means under successive regimes in Iran) is the decisive battle for the Arabs. What we have said, and still say, is that the fight against Zionism is the main decisive battle for the Arabs. This is a great objective reality, which cannot be denied or underestimated except by someone who would not only harm the Arab nation and its main causes, but would also overlook the main danger.",
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                        "text": "The intelligence services would probably be in a better position to make an assessment of the advancement of the Iranian nuclear program than Podhoretz or Ledeen. They don't have access to any specific information. So for them to dismiss it has no great value because they have no authority whatsoever on this issue. For them to push forward with their efforts to get a war started between the U.S. and Iran, you certainly cannot say that Iran does not have a nuclear program. If you say that, then the justification for war has basically been eliminated.",
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