Embargo Quote by Claude Mandil

If you squeeze and squeeze, and you don't allow the Iranians to sell any oil, then what do they have to lose by shutting…

— Steve Hanke

There are no military options for Iran. Attack them, and they will destroy the Gulf States oil industries, rain hundreds of missiles onto Israel,…

— Malcolm Nance

If (the West) shows its rigidity by making unjust decisions and putting their threats into practice, the Iranian people will not be the only…

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

What I'm worried about is that, in case that happens [nuclear explosion], then the Iranian people are the ones who are going to pay…

— Akbar Ganji

We need a dialogue with the Iranians, and it is going to take both carrots and sticks. We employed very tough economic sanctions, and…

— Sam Nunn

We have to be careful in negotiating with Iran that we don't create the impression among the Arab states and the Sunni states that…

— Henry A. Kissinger

Personally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.

— George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

We're not going to allow Iran to perpetually engage in negotiations that lead nowhere.

— Barack Obama

Anyone who understands the rudiments of politics doesn't say, 'We will stop Iran's oil exports'... we have been the guarantor of the regional waterway's…

— Hassan Rouhani

We don't have polls from the business world, but it's pretty clear that the energy corporations in America would be quite happy to be…

— Noam Chomsky

That may prevent us from getting a deal done, It is there to be had. Whether ultimately Iran can seize that opportunity - we…

— Barack Obama

It is longstanding U.S. policy that we will talk to the Iranians anytime, anywhere, on any subject, with no preconditions. So far, they have…

— Howard Berman