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• 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.

  Craig Ferguson

  Korea, White, Giving

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• The Obama administration announced a deal with Iran that would prevent the Iranians from making a nuclear weapon. In exchange, we're giving the Iranians Netflix.

  Conan O'Brien

  Giving, Netflix, Nuclear

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• If the six-nation forums dealing with Iran and North Korea suffer comparable failures, the consequence will be a world of unchecked proliferation, not controlled by either governing principles or functioning institutions. A modern, strong, peaceful Iran could become a pillar of stability and progress in the region. This cannot happen unless Iran's leaders decide whether they are representing a cause or a nation - whether their basic motivation is crusading or international cooperation. The goal of the diplomacy of the Six should be to oblige Iran to confront this choice.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Strong, Motivation, Korea

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• If the Democrats feel they have lost the public's confidence in their stewardship of national security, then the threat of Iran offers a Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, or John Kerry an opportunity to get out front now and pledge support for a united effort - attacking Bush from the right about too tepid a stance rather from the predictable left that we are 'hegemonic' and 'imperialistic' every time we use force abroad.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Opportunity, Support, Effort

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• Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, Isis, Rebel

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• The thing about Iran is there are many political factions and it's not quite the dictatorial, authoritarian state with one person always making every single decision.

  Hooman Majd

  Decision, Political, States

  "Interview with Hooman Majd: US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah". Interview with Jon Letman, mronline.org. October 4, 2010.

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• Iran launches monkey into space

  John McCain

  Space, Monkeys

  Twitter post from Feb 4, 2013

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• Iran rejects weapons of mass destruction based on its belief system, its religious belief system, as well as its ethical standpoint.

  Hassan Rouhani

  Religious, Mass Destruction, Weapons

  "Amanpour" with Christiane Amanpour, amanpour.blogs.cnn.com. September 25, 2013.

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• Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent.

  Susan Rice

  Years, Oil, Shrinking

  "Amb. Susan Rice, Rep. Mike Rogers discuss violence against Americans in the Middle East". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. September 16, 2012.

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• In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Irans theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

  Elliott Abrams

  Independent, Freedom Of Speech, Election

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• Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day.

  Elliott Abrams

  Barrels, Millions

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• Heroes? Vietnam Vets are heroes. The guys who tried to rescuse our hostages in Iran are heroes. I'm just a hockey player.

  Mike Eruzione

  Hero, Hockey, Player

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• What country is stabler than Iran? Where else in the world would an assassinated prime minister be so quickly replaced?

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Country, Government, World

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• I am quite international. My background, born in Turkey. My family is a Jewish family from Iran, so I went from Turkey to Iran to Israel, and then grew up in Italy and ended up in U.S. for graduate school. So I tend to look at things from an international perspective, and I think that gives you a little bit of a broader view of what's going on.

  Nouriel Roubini

  School, Thinking, Israel

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• I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.

  John Abizaid

  Suicide, Believe, States

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• Iran is determined to use peaceful nuclear technology and no intimidation or threat can make us give it up.

  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  Technology, Giving, Peaceful

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

  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  Outcomes, Tough, Threatening

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• We made this inexplicable turn into Iraq, where we've lost lives, money, honour and the coalition on [George] Bush's watch. Surely he's not suggesting that if the Democrats win, things can get worse. I mean, all we can do now is to look at our field policy and change the course. We need more diplomatic outreach toward Iran, Syria and Middle Eastern allies, and less bluster and less threats, and fewer troops.

  Jesse Jackson

  Mean, Winning, Iraq

  "Reverend Jesse Jackson". "Dateline" with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au.

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• We are organising our enemies into a formidable force, we are The US public has turned against the war, the Republicans and Democrats have turned against the war. And so when the American public turns against the war and the Congress turns against the war, it suggests that Americans feel we cannot win that war in those conditions. So the Iraqi Commission says, "Well, we can't win this war militarily, we need to reassess potential allies." There's Syria, there's Iran.

  Jesse Jackson

  War, Winning, Enemy

  "Reverend Jesse Jackson". Interview with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au. February 21, 2007.

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• I don't want to use the term "nuclear weapons" because those people in Iran who have authority say they are not building nuclear weapons. I make an appeal to the countries who do have nuclear weapons. They don't consider them a nuclear threat. But let's say a country that doesn't have nuclear weapons gets involved in building them, then they are told by those that already have nuclear weapons that they oppose [such a development]. Where is the justice in that?

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Country, People, Justice

  "Bashar Is Politically Dead". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.slate.com. September 20, 2012.

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• Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, Science, Technology

  "CNN Newsroom" with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. April 2, 2015.

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• Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, Wisdom, Spring

  "Obama admits Israel has good reason for scepticism over Iran nuclear deal" by Dan Roberts, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2013.

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• 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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• The problem is that Iran has been identified as a dangerous enemy, and the longer the media forwards that proposition - and the media is guilty, just as it was in the Iraq war - then the easier it becomes for Americans to accept that we might just have to resort to military force to remove any Iranian threat.

  Hooman Majd

  Military, War, Media

  "Interview with Hooman Majd: US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah". Interview with Jon Letman, mronline.org. October 4, 2010.

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• Iran is a huge country and much, much more sophisticated than most people imagine... It certainly has the potential to be at least the way Turkey is to most Americans.

  Hooman Majd

  Country, Turkeys, People

  "US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah". Interview with Jon Letman, mronline.org. October 4, 2010.

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