Economic Quote by Ehud Olmert

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

Lifting sanctions on Iran only endangers our allies in the Middle East, puts us at risk of making another shoddy nuclear deal, and removes…

— Nicole Malliotakis

Iran is an unapologetic sponsor of global terrorism, and cutting off Iran's ability to finance those activities is necessary.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more the political…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

[Iranians] are destabilizing governments in the region. They continue to support Hezbollah and Hamas in Lebanon against Israel. A lot of work that we…

— Hillary Clinton

The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to remain vigilant…

— Barack Obama

Sanctions did indeed help to bring Iran to the negotiating table. But sanctions did not stop the advance of Iran's nuclear program. Negotiations have…

— Samantha Power

I believe we have to take this step by step to try to reign in Iranian aggression, their support for terrorism and the other…

— Hillary Clinton

Iranians have suffered economically under the U.S.-led sanctions.

— Bob Beckel

Faced with the crippling sanctions, Iran could simply decide it is paying too high a cost to pursue its nuclear program and could opt…

— Richard Engel

Everything we've done has been designed to make sure that we address that number one priority. That's what the sanctions regime was all about.…

— Barack Obama

By legitimizing Iran's nuclear program, removing the pressure of economic sanctions, and allowing it to obtain conventional weapons and ballistic missiles, this agreement makes…

— J. B. Pritzker