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Iran Quotes by Stephen Kinzer
- When Prime Minister Erdogan came to Washington in 2009, he sounded almost like the ambassador from Iran.
- Washington sees the various local and national conflicts in the Middle East as part of a battle for regional hegemony between the U.S. and Iran.
- The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States.
- The reason that Americans have not been able to see the great strategic benefit that could accrue from a closer relationship with Iran is emotion.
- Because Iran understands Afghanistan far better than Americans do, making Iran a partner in a long-term effort to transform Afghan agriculture makes sense.
- What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s - was pro-American…
- On Aug. 19, 1953, Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran became the first victim of a C.I.A. coup. Ten months later, on June 27, 1954,…
- After installing friendly leaders in Iran and Guatemala, the United States lost interest in promoting democracy in either country.
- Congress, it turns out, is filled with Republicans and Democrats eager to act as enablers for the most repressive forces in Iran.
- Hostility toward Iran may not be the silliest of all American foreign policies - that would probably be the continuing trade embargo of Cuba -…
- No step the United States could take anywhere in the world would bring strategic benefits as great as detente with Iran.
- In 1907, Britain and Russia signed a treaty dividing Iran between them; no Iranian was at the negotiations or even knew they were taking place.
- Only one American has given his life for Iranian democracy. He was a young idealist from Nebraska named Howard Baskerville. In 1907, fresh out of…
- Weapons systems the U.S. sold to the Shah of Iran wound up in the hands of Islamic militants who seized power there in 1979; a…
More Iran Quotes
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- For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Every year, millions of people from Iran and Iraq travel to each other's countries, and we also have marriages between Iraqis and… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. — John O. Brennan
- Venezuela is a free country, and we will not be blackmailed by anyone. We will not accept being told what to do… — Hugo Chavez
- We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads,… — Dick Cheney
- We would very much like to see Iran take a position as a responsible leader that doesn't intimidate or threaten or scare… — Hillary Clinton