Iran Quotes - Page 10

• Iran is the only country around the negotiating table that has not been attacked by either al-Qaida or Daesh.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Country, Tables, Als

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia. We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Issues, Neighbor, Term

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Without mentioning names, it was other people. Some day, they ought to open the report and find out. But it was other people that knocked down the World Trade Center. So, it's no reason to go into a big - now. But it was a horrible mistake that unfortunately we should never have done it. We have lost trillions of dollars, thousands of lives, wounded warriors, who I love, all over the place. And here is the other part. Iran is taking over Iraq. They have wanted it for decades and decades and decades. They're taking it over.

  Donald Trump

  Mistake, Warrior, Names

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Who said that think we should normalize relations with Iran tomorrow? I never said that. I think we should move forward as quickly as we can.

  Bernie Sanders

  Moving, Thinking, Tomorrow

  Bernie Sanders during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2016.

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• We have to figure out how to deal with Iran as the principal state sponsor of terrorism in the world.

  Hillary Clinton

  World, Terrorism, Figures

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton-Sanders Democratic presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, hosted by MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2016.

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• I would meet directly with the leadership in Iran.

  Barack Obama

  Diplomacy

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. November 11, 2007.

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• We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile program. And we will continue to enforce these sanctions vigorously. Iran's recent missile test, for example, was a violation of its international obligations.

  Barack Obama

  Rights, Support, Example

  "President Obama Gives Statement About U.S.-Iran Deals This Weekend". "Weekend Edition Sunday", www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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• Americans coming home, an Iran that has rolled back its nuclear program and accepted unprecedented monitoring of the program -these things are a reminder of what we can achieve when we lead with strength and with wisdom, with courage and resolve and patience. America can do and has done big things when we work together.

  Barack Obama

  Home, America, Working Together

  "President Obama Gives Statement About U.S.-Iran Deals This Weekend". "Weekend Edition Sunday", www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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• I do want to once again speak directly to the Iranian people. Yours is a great civilization with a vibrant culture that has so much to contribute to the world - in commerce and in science and in arts. For decades, your government's threats and actions to destabilize your region have isolated Iran from much of the world, and now our governments are talking with one another. Following the nuclear deal, you, especially young Iranians, have the opportunity to begin building new ties with the world.

  Barack Obama

  Art, Opportunity, Government

  "President Obama Gives Statement About U.S.-Iran Deals This Weekend". "Weekend Edition Sunday", www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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• Jason Rezaian is finally headed home. He's the correspondent for The Washington Post who was held in Iran for a year and half while U.S. diplomats, his family and his editors worked to win his release. Rezaian was one of the four Americans released from prison in Tehran in a swap for seven Iranians held in U.S. prisons.

  Renee Montagne

  Home, Winning, Years

  "'Washington Post' Reporter Held Captive In Iran Is Freed". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. January 18, 2016.

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• What we argue in the piece is that the headscarf has become a political symbol for an ideology of Islam that is exported to the world by the theocracies of the governments of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Just like the Catholic Church in the 17th century did religious propaganda to challenge the Protestant Reformation, these ideologies are trying to define the way Muslims express Islam in the world.

  Asra Nomani

  Religious, Government, Political

  "The Case Against Wearing Hijab To Support Muslim Women". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. December 22, 2015.

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• What we are saying is we have to be smart about the ideology that is putting this idea into the world that a woman must be defined by her idea of modesty, that she is the vessel for honor in a community. And I believe that we have to be very pragmatic, too, about the consequence of this. Women in Iran and Saudi Arabia are jailed, punished and harassed if they don't cover themselves legally, according to the standard of those countries. So the consequences for many women is oftentimes very dark.

  Asra Nomani

  Country, Smart, Believe

  "The Case Against Wearing Hijab To Support Muslim Women". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. December 22, 2015.

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

  John McCain

  Iraq, Als, Limits

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• Disagrees with neocon adviser on immediate need to bomb Iran.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Needs, Bombs, Adviser

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• In terms of Iran and in terms of Saudi Arabia, of course they hate each other. That's no great secret. But John Kerry, who is I think doing a very good job, has tried to at least get these people in the room together because both of them are being threatened by ISIS.

  Bernie Sanders

  Jobs, Hate, Thinking

  Bernie Sanders during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2016.

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• Since 1981, after our nations severed diplomatic relations, we've worked through a international tribunal to resolve various claims between our countries. The United States and Iran are now settling a long-standing Iranian government claim against the United States government. Iran will be returned its own funds, including appropriate interest but much less than the amount Iran sought. With the nuclear deal done, prisoners released, the time was right to resolve this dispute as well.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Government, Long

  Statement by the President on Iran, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. January 17, 2016.

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• I'm very pleased we got that nuclear agreement. It puts a lid on the nuclear weapons program. We have to enforce it, there have to be consequences attached to it. But that is not our only problem with Iran.

  Hillary Clinton

  Agreement, Weapons, Nuclear

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton-Sanders Democratic presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, hosted by MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2016.

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• The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to remain vigilant about it. We're not going to waver in the defense of our security or that of our allies and partners.

  Barack Obama

  Allies, United States, Defense

  "President Obama Gives Statement About U.S.-Iran Deals This Weekend". "Weekend Edition Sunday", www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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• The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted. We had no other option - there was a radical militia allied with Iran and Hezbollah that took over the country. It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force. Should we stand by idly while this happens at our doorstep, in one of the countries in which al-Qaida has a huge presence? So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Country, War, Government

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We can't say whether Tehran is supporting Al Qaeda, but we do know that al-Qaida people come here from Pakistan through Iran.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  People, Pakistan, Als

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• If the Americans attack Iran for the first time in 1,400 years, we may unite Sunnis and Shias against us. So I guess there is room for accomplishment everywhere.

  Michael Scheuer

  Years, Accomplishment, May

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There is always the risk that a conflagration in the Middle East becomes larger and more dangerous. In this scenario, we discover that the Arab Spring was merely the prelude to a deeper and much farther-reaching upheaval in the region that has greater impact on countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia.

  Ian Bremmer

  Country, Spring, Impact

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I don't think that any deal was needed: Iran was not a threat. Even if Iran were a threat, there was a very easy way to handle it - by establishing a Middle East Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, which is something that nearly everyone in the world wants.

  Noam Chomsky

  Thinking, World, Want

  "Noam Chomsky on the 2016 Republicans: "I Have Never Seen Such Lunatics in the Political System". Interview with Simone Chun, www.alternet.org. March 11, 2016.

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• Iran has been calling for it for years, and the Arab countries support it. Everyone except the United States and Israel support it. The U.S. won't allow it because it means inspecting Israel's nuclear weapons. The U.S. has continued to block it, and in fact blocked it again just a couple of days ago; it just wasn't widely reported. Iran's nuclear program, as U.S. intelligence points out, is deterrent, and the bottom line is that the U.S. and Israel don't want Iran to have a deterrent.

  Noam Chomsky

  Country, Couple, Block

  "Noam Chomsky on the 2016 Republicans: "I Have Never Seen Such Lunatics in the Political System". Interview with Simone Chun, www.alternet.org. March 11, 2016.

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• In any case, it is better to have some deal than no deal, but it's interesting that Obama picked the day of implementing of Iran deal to impose new sanctions on North Korea.

  Noam Chomsky

  Korea, Interesting, Sanctions

  "Noam Chomsky on the 2016 Republicans: "I Have Never Seen Such Lunatics in the Political System". Interview with Simone Chun, www.alternet.org. March 11, 2016.

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