Interest Quote by Richard Armitage

Clearly, Iran has influence in Iraq. Iraq has a majority Shi'a population, they have relationships to Iran. Some are natural.

— Barack Obama

There has come into being a kind of a Shia belt from Tehran through Baghdad to Beirut. And this gives Iran the opportunity to…

— Henry Kissinger

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

Iran is taking over Iraq.

— Donald Trump

“About 90 percent of the one billion Muslims in the world today identify with the Sunni tradition. Of the remainder, most are Shiites, the…

— Stephen Kinzer

Iran is also engaged in the fight against ISIL for reasons of its own that include a desire not to see a reasonably friendly…

— David Ignatius

We are engaging in the diplomatic efforts that are required within Iraq among the Shia, the Sunni and the Kurd, among friends, like Egypt,…

— Barack Obama

Every year, millions of people from Iran and Iraq travel to each other's countries, and we also have marriages between Iraqis and Iranians. Many…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The Iranian regime should know that we will hold them accountable for any actions that their Shia militias take in Iraq.

— Morgan Ortagus

And on this issue of the Shia in Iraq, I think there's been a certain amount of, frankly, Terry, a kind of pop sociology…

— William Kristol

For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships,…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Allowing an independent and sovereign Iraq could be a nightmare for the United States. It would mean that it would be Shi'ite-dominated, at least…

— Noam Chomsky