Engaging Quote by Samantha Power

We want to see the Iranians engage, and as you know, we have attempted to bring about that engagement over the course of the…

— Barack Obama

Relations between the United States and Iran can improve but will not get better so long as innocent Americans are held hostage.

— Robert C. O'Brien

We've said to the Iranians all along . . . we still remain open to diplomacy. But it's been very clear that the Iranians…

— Barack Obama

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I dont see why they cant engage with Iran.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it.

— Noam Chomsky

The U.S. has always sought to sow intrigue against Iran but has never succeeded in the face of Iran's greatness.

— Hassan Rouhani

The reason the United States is not so likely to invade Iran is precisely because of the lessons learned from Iraq. And conversely, the…

— Steven Pinker

The reason that Americans have not been able to see the great strategic benefit that could accrue from a closer relationship with Iran is…

— Stephen Kinzer

I do believe that the very tense relationship between the United States and Iran presents a challenge to the United States. But to discuss…

— Trita Parsi

Americans have eliminated Iran's worst enemies, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam [Hussein]. I occasionally threatened my Iranian counterpart in Kabul that one day…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

The United States has weakened itself with Iraq; Iranians feel victorious - they feel capable of filling the void. I think from the very…

— Trita Parsi