Mohammad Javad Zarif

One outcome is almost certain. Extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq,.

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

We call upon the nuclear-weapon states to immediately cease their plans to further invest in modernizing and extending the life span of…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

I think we are making an assumption that that is the outcome of the negotiations. I think President Assad will be prepared…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

It is important for everybody to insure that the process will go on, that the ceasefire will hold. Of course, there is…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

This visa-waiver thing is absurd. Has anybody in the West been targeted by any Iranian national, anybody of Iranian origin, or anyone…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

We consider ISIS and extremism to be a threat to all of us in the region. . . . Our position is…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

Wake up to the real world. Look at what's happening in the region. Look at where people are going, how people react…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

Tehran believes it's none of our business or anybody else's to decide the future of personalities in other countries.

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

Understanding that these statements do not represent reality, we should not be threatened by the language that he has used.

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

We're [Iran] not dismantling anything. We are uninstalling some centrifuges and reconstructing the Arak reactor, modernizing it. . . . The remaining…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

The United States wanted to send its trained rebel groups to Syria to fight ISIS. Out of twenty-five hundred rebels they had…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

Iran's military hardware is less than a fraction of that of any of the countries in this region.

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

Iran is a powerful country. Iran is a big country with a large population, natural resources, human resources. But we are a…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

We try to coordinate regularly with Russia, as well as with others - except for the United States - on what is…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

The nuclear program is not the only issue dividing Iran and the US. Iran's role in the region is also creating conflicts.…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

People have been fed misinformation. The fact is that the fighting that is going on on the ground in Syria is with…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

If anything caused ISIS, it was the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

I think the most important challenge that remains is this mentality in Washington that sanctions have been an asset, and some people…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

So there are two separate tracks. One track is for the Syrian government and the opposition that is interested in a peaceful…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

You cannot have security at the expense of the insecurity of others.

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

“Iran has no interest in nuclear weapons and is convinced that such weapons would not enhance its security.”

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

We've never declared war on anybody. We [Iran] defended ourselves against wars that were imposed on us. We have no desire to…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

You know where the people who killed people in San Bernardino came from. You know where people who did 9/11 came from.…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

Nobody thinks identically on Syria. But we share the same view with Russia that the future of the personalities in Syria will…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif