Iran Quotes - Page 13

• It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain.

  Amos Oz

  Israel, Earthquakes, France

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• Iran is also engaged in the fight against ISIL for reasons of its own that include a desire not to see a reasonably friendly government in Baghdad falling. But it also includes its desire not to have ISIL's ideology spread in the region where it lives

  David Ignatius

  Fall, Fighting, Government

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Everything we've done has been designed to make sure that we address that number one priority. That's what the sanctions regime was all about. That's how we were able to mobilize the international community, including some folks that we are not particularly close to, to abide by these sanctions. That's how these crippling sanctions came about, was because we [USA] were able to gain global consensus that Iran having a nuclear weapon would be a problem for everybody.

  Barack Obama

  Numbers, Usa, Community

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Iran will for sure have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon, and now will be subject to an additional protocol, a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime that lasts in perpetuity.

  Barack Obama

  Community, Nuclear, Weapons

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Israel has legitimate concerns about its security relative to Iran. I mean, you have a large country with a significant military that has proclaimed that Israel shouldn't exist, that has denied the Holocaust, that has financed Hezbollah, and as a consequence, there are missiles that are pointed towards Tel Aviv. There are very good reasons why Israelis are nervous about Iran's position in the world generally.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Military, Mean

  News Conference on Iran Deal, edition.cnn.com. July 15, 2015.

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• The most upsetting thing is that the US is a leader in the world, and if they don't sign, then how do you expect to convince Russian and China and Iran, Pakistan, all these other countries, to sign? They simply won't. (The US government) feels it's against their constitutional right to bear arms, or they've said that it's needed in North and South Korea, on the border. I don't think any of these are good enough excuses for the damage.

  Angelina Jolie

  Country, Thinking, Korea

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• We [USA] don't have diplomatic leverage to eliminate every vestige of a peaceful nuclear program in Iran. What we do have the leverage to do is to make sure that they don't have a weapon.

  Barack Obama

  Usa, Peaceful, Nuclear

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Everyone in Iran is perceived to be a child with a paternal authority vested in the Guardian Council and the Sufi elders. They're supposed to be grateful. They can never for a moment not be afforded this wonderful protection. The father who will never go away. The father who will never quit caring for them.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Children, Father, Grateful

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Essentially, Iran was sanctioned because of what had happened at Fordow, its unwillingness to comply with previous U.N. security resolutions about their nuclear program, and as part of the package of sanctions that was slapped on them, the issue of arms and ballistic missiles were included.

  Barack Obama

  Issues, Nuclear, Arms

  Press Conference by the President, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 15, 2015.

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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

  Iraq, Majority, Population

  Press Conference by the President, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 15, 2015.

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• President Obama's been reaching out to Iran, reaching out to Cuba, reaching out to Latin America. The only place he can't seem to be able to reach out to: Texas. ... Despite Governor Rick Perry talking about how Texas could secede from the Union if it wanted to, 75 per cent of the people who live there want to stay in the United States. Of course they want to stay. I mean, after spending all that time and effort sneaking across the border to get here, why would they want to leave?

  Jay Leno

  Latin, Mean, America

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• There are two clocks ticking in Iran. One is the democracy movement clock which is ticking now faster than it was but it's got a lot of catching up to do. And then there's the clock that's ticking towards a nuclear weaponry.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Two, Democracy, Nuclear

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Iran is five to 10 years away from having a nuclear weapon. We have time to try diplomacy.

  Joseph Cirincione

  Years, Trying, Nuclear

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• In a new interview, Secretary of State Colin Powell repeated that the U.S. has no plans to attack Syria or Iran. After hearing this Donald Rumsfeld responded, 'Like he'd know.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Hearing, Interviews, States

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• Iran is celebrating the nuclear deal. The Iranians are going crazy. They're drinking non-alcoholic champagne and thinking about dancing. That's how excited they are.

  Conan O'Brien

  Crazy, Drinking, Thinking

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• It was announced today that Iran has reached a deal with the U.S. to limit its nuclear program and send most of its uranium to Russia. Then Americans said, 'That's great! Wait, WHAT?'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Russia, Waiting, Nuclear

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• Nuclear-armed Iran ought to be a major concern. And they're moving forward. We have got to roll that back.

  Steve Scalise

  Moving, Nuclear, Concern

  "Gov. Walker on CPAC, record in Wisconsin; Rep. Scalise talks DHS funding fight". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 1, 2015.

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• Some in the West suggest that Isam needs a separation of mosque and state. However, in the case of Iran at least what is needed is a separation lof religion and business.

  Amir Taheri

  Needs, Mosques, West

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• Right now, the leadership in Iran is telling their citizens one thing. Our President is telling us another.

  Bob Corker

  Leadership, President, Citizens

  "Bob Corker: Nuke deal gives Iran too much" by Eric Bradner, www.cnn.com. April 19, 2015.

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• I know that my cell phone in Iran... is bugged, and they listen in, and my emails, I'm sure, are monitored inside Iran. They have my email address; it's not like they can't snoop on it.

  Hooman Majd

  Phones, Cells, Email

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• I was born in Iran, left at a very young age - less than a year old - and grew up and was educated in the West.

  Hooman Majd

  Years, Age, West

  Interview with James Toback, www.interviewmagazine.com.

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• We've made clear our view, which is we support the Russian proposal. It's within the context of the EU diplomacy aimed at getting Iran to re-suspend its enrichment activities and return to negotiations.

  Joseph Adam Ereli

  Views, Support, Return

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• By unleashing an active diplomacy on its nuclear activities, Iran has effectively neutralized the European and US policies,.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Nuclear, Unleashing, Diplomacy

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• Europeans should pay more attention. Iran has called for dialogue and is moving in the direction of reaching an agreement through peaceful means.

  Ali Larijani

  Moving, Mean, Agreement

  "Iran: U.N. Referral Means the End of Diplomacy". www.foxnews.com. January 31, 2006.

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• I would a whole lot rather had Carly Fiorina over there doing our negotiation than John Kerry. Maybe we would've gotten a deal where we didn't give everything away. But the issue for us is to have a Congress that stands up and says not only no, but "Hell no" to this money going to a [Iran] regime that is going to use it for terror...

  Rick Perry

  Issues, Giving, Use

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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