Famous Quotes & Sayings

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Passing a tough resolution or threatening Iran will not bring about the desired outcome.

We want the Iranians to negotiate, whether it's with the EU-3 or Russia or any other country, on a serious basis.

Chris Christie

When we empower Iran, then get ready for more unrest and more murder and more violence in the Middle East.

The position that has been taken by the Iranians is so extreme,

Until and unless the stalemate with Iran is resolved one way or the other, I think we're going to see prices higher.

Argus Hamilton

President Obama hosted lawmakers Thursday saying he wanted bipartisan input on health care reform. Nobody's mind was changed. At the summit's end he threatened to go with the nuclear option, showing he's tougher on Republicans than he is on Iran.

Bahman Ghobadi

Im free - but Im also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.

Bill Maher

Newt Gingrich...is absolutely for bombing Iran and for lowering gas prices. And I've just to say, you can't be for both. They are diametrically opposed.

Bill Walton

Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.

Ariel Sharon

We have evidence that Iran makes a reactor to possess nuclear weapons.

Daniel Fried

The world should contemplate a nuclear weapons-armed Iran with the greatest of concern.

Daniel Ellsberg

It is urgent to prevent new U.S. aggression. The time is now for the world to say 'no' to U.S. threats of air attack against Iran, and to the very notion of a nuclear first-use 'option' by America or any other nation.

Craig Ferguson

North Korea announced that they have nuclear weapons and they have no plans to give them up. The White House, acting quickly, announced their plan to invade Iran.

Asghar Farhadi

It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics.

Asghar Farhadi

The fact is I'm not making a film in order to draw pictures or make images about Iran.

Asghar Farhadi

There are those who simply want to live their lives, and feel they cannot live the way they want to in Iran. Others are ideologically motivated: They will stay no matter what and try to change things.

Madeleine Albright

In 1953, the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The Eisenhower administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons, but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development and it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.

Benjamin Netanyahu

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.

She personally does not think much of the idea of keeping Iran out of the games.

Ehud Barak

Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability.

Ehud Olmert

Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government.

Ehud Olmert

It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran.

Earl Blumenauer

After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.

Earl Blumenauer

While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations.

Ben Affleck

I want to thank my wife who I don't normally usually associate with Iran. I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It's good. It is work, but it's the best kind of work, and there's no one I'd rather work with!

Bruce Kent

If we are really anxious not to have nuclear weapons in Iran, the first thing is to call an international conference on abolishing all nuclear weapons, including Israeli nuclear weapons.

Arthur L. Herman

Few Americans realize it, but the United Nations is driving to take control over the Internet. You remember, the folks who want a worldwide income tax and who put Syria and Iran on their Human Rights Committee.

Azar Nafisi

Khatami is a symptom and not the cause of change in Iran.

Azar Nafisi

Unfortunately for governments like that of Iran, when they forbid something, people become more interested.

Moscow sees no reason to submit the question of the Iranian nuclear program to the UN Security Council,

Bahman Ghobadi

In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.

While Iran said last week that it would separate nuclear and oil as issues, it was only last year that it warned that oil could be used as a weapon to get its own way on the nuclear issues.