The United States wanted to send its trained rebel groups to Syria to fight ISIS. Out of twenty-five hundred rebels they had trained, only seventy accepted to go to Syria to fight ISIS. Everybody else wanted to go to Syria… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share
We try to coordinate regularly with Russia, as well as with others - except for the United States - on what is happening in the region. And we're open to discussing with everybody the situation in Syria, because we believe… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
One outcome is almost certain. Extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq,. — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
We call upon the nuclear-weapon states to immediately cease their plans to further invest in modernizing and extending the life span of their nuclear… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
I think we are making an assumption that that is the outcome of the negotiations. I think President Assad will be prepared to accept whatever the outcome of the intra-Syrian dialogue and the decision of the Syrian people is. But people are trying to decide and determine the outcome of the negotiation before even we agree to start the negotiations. — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share
It is important for everybody to insure that the process will go on, that the ceasefire will hold. Of course, there is no ceasefire… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
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… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
We consider ISIS and extremism to be a threat to all of us in the region. . . . Our position is that we help the legitimate governments in the region that have representation in the United Nations. We help the Iraqi government on their request through advisers; we help the Syrian government on their request to help with advisers… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share
Wake up to the real world. Look at what's happening in the region. Look at where people are going, how people react to humiliation… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
Tehran believes it's none of our business or anybody else's to decide the future of personalities in other countries. — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
Understanding that these statements do not represent reality, we should not be threatened by the language that he has used. — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
We're [Iran] not dismantling anything. We are uninstalling some centrifuges and reconstructing the Arak reactor, modernizing it. . . . The remaining activities that… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
The United States wanted to send its trained rebel groups to Syria to fight ISIS. Out of twenty-five hundred rebels they had trained, only seventy accepted to go to Syria to fight ISIS. Everybody else wanted to go to Syria to fight the government. So you've got to wake up and smell the coffee. . . . The rebel groups… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share
Iran's military hardware is less than a fraction of that of any of the countries in this region. — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image