Alike Quote by Shohreh Aghdashloo

Few Iranians these days go through the fiction of calling themselves 'Persian.' Calling yourself Persian is a way of distancing themselves from Iran.

— Reza Aslan

Iranian people are very hospitable, very family-oriented and besides that they have a very beautiful country.

— Gegard Mousasi

I was born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh. I've never been to Iran, I don't speak the language, and, probably most important of…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

I call Iran home because no matter how long I live in France, and despite the fact that I feel also French after all…

— Marjane Satrapi

You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on…

— Anonymous

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

Persia is very different from the Arab Middle East in terms of architecture and language. Even though we think of them as one big…

— Ben Affleck

Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.

— Moshe Katsav

When I go to Iran, I see... that there are all different shades and colors in Iran, from atheist to religious zealot. So Iran…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Now, the Iranian people are a great people, and Persian civilization is a great civilization. Iran has acted in ways that's not conducive to…

— Barack Obama

Iran is an ancient land, home to a proud culture with a rich heritage of learning and progress. The future of Iran will be…

— George W. Bush

It's probably more frustrating to me as an Iranian living in America than it is when I'm over there. Inside Iran, people are actually…

— Hooman Majd