Iran Quotes

462 Iran quotes by 223 unique authors

To see the Persia of poets and painters, hiding in plain sight behind the much-maligned Iran of our newspaper headlines, would be my fondest wish. — Pico Iyer
I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check against Iran. — Gary Johnson
My last passport, I had North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Liberia, Guinea... I had, like, every war-torn country in there. — Shane Smith
Like Afghanistan before it, Iraq is only one theater in a regional war. We were attacked by a network of terrorist organizations supported by several… — Michael Ledeen
Iran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms of… — Howard Berman
Many defense experts have predicted that we face no greater threat from a single country than from Iran. — Cathy McMorris Rodgers
I can remember when I was National Security Adviser, the intelligence community told us... they put out an intelligence report saying that Iran would never… — Frank Carlucci
We must make every effort to neutralize this threat peacefully, but be ever mindful of the growing danger Iran poses not just to a safe… — Dave Reichert
A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The crises in North Korea, Iran, the Middle East, show how quickly things can change and how they can go wrong. We must be prepared.… — Ike Skelton
The standards of the international community manifest firmness. Iran has no need for long-range missiles or to collaborate with terrorist organizations all over the world. — Moshe Katsav
In the past there were various suggestions in the framework of financial and other agreements to benefit with Iran. But Iran interpreted those suggestions in… — Moshe Katsav
Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity to… — Earl Blumenauer
Any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries that sponsor terrorism to remain as members, such as Cuba, is not real reform. And in the… — Michael McCaul
We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take… — Michael McCaul
It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably… — Amos Oz
What I want the Congress of the United States to do, and frankly what I would like to see the President of the United States… — Mike Pence
Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
It is my Middle Eastern hat and my attachment to Israel that ultimately inspires my support for Obama. I know he understands that neither Israel… — Dennis Ross
There is no doubt that some in Iran have an unhealthy focus on Bahrain, as some of the broadcast coverage shows. — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
The two biggest threats to international security in 2013 are Iran getting a nuclear weapon, and Iran being bombed to stop it getting a nuclear… — David Miliband
Fighting back against Iran is difficult and costly. No American president from Carter to Obama has been willing to take it on. — Michael Ledeen
It seems not to matter that we are at the brink of a war that may spread beyond Afghanistan and Iraq to Iran and Georgia… — Richard Schiff
The North Koreas of the world are trying very hard to acquire the material they need to acquire nuclear weapons, as is the case with… — Richard Fadden
Disruption to the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz would threaten regional and global economic growth. Any attempt by Iran to close the… — Philip Hammond

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