Convince Quote by Shirin Ebadi

I have always emphasized that the Iranian people has the right to obtain nuclear technology and energy for peaceful purposes.

— Maurice Motamed

I have traveled many times outside Iran, and have discussed the issue [of the Iranian nuclear project]. I have been asked for my opinion…

— Maurice Motamed

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have…

— Colin Powell

The international community can't trust such a government. If the government of Iran wants the international community to believe in what it says, it…

— Shirin Ebadi

To resolve this issue will require Iran to come to the table and discuss in a clear and forthright way how to prove to…

— Barack Obama

But Iran has gone far beyond what is necessary for a purely civilian programme. It has concealed several nuclear facilities from the International Atomic…

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

It is critically important that Iran should not develop nuclear weapons. And that the necessary interventions need to be made by the International Atomic…

— Thabo Mbeki

Iran's strong logic and firm diplomacy is the guideline for all government officials in negotiations on country's peaceful nuclear program with foreigners, quite resolutely.

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Some people have said, in so many words, that I'm kind of wooly-headed in believing that the Iranians would see not having nuclear weapons…

— Robert M. Gates

As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program.

— Stephen Kinzer

Iran will for sure have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon, and now will be subject to…

— Barack Obama

Iran is determined to use peaceful nuclear technology and no intimidation or threat can make us give it up.

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani