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

— Barack Obama

During the rule of the Shah, arrogance, aggression, territorial expansion at the expense of the Arabs and attempts to harm Iraq's national sovereignty and…

— Saddam Hussein

Iran is taking over Iraq.

— Donald Trump

What we've seen at least since 1979 is Iran making constant, calculated decisions that allow it to preserve the regime, to expand their influence…

— Barack Obama

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

Stategy in Iraq- defeat al-Qaeda; limit Iran's influence.

— John McCain

Iran has essentially mastered all of the complex science and technology that they need to have a completely indigenous nuclear weapons program. That means…

— John Bolton

Iran is a powerful country. Iran is a big country with a large population, natural resources, human resources. But we are a country that…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

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

A lot of Iran's empowerment is a result of the war in Iraq.

— Richard Engel

International economic and political sanctions on Iran, as crucial as they may be, are only an initial step, and must be dramatically increased.

— Ehud Olmert

Iran is biggest strategic beneficiary of invasion of Iraq.

— Barack Obama