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

  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  Outcomes, Tough, Threatening

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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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• 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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• How have relations with Iran and Belarus benefited Venezuela? We are interested in countries that have democracies, that respect human rights, that we have an affinity with. What affinity do we have with Iran?

  Henrique Capriles Radonski

  Country, Rights, Democracy

  "Hugo Chávez rival pledges seismic shift in foreign policy" by Jonathan Watts, Virginia Lopez, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2012.

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• Given the current state of our finances, we could sure use a quarter of a trillion dollars a year recycling through the U.S. economy rather than through the economies of Iran, Russia, and Venezuela.

  T. Boone Pickens

  Russia, Years, Dollars

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• Even if corners were cut, (Iran-Contra) was a brilliant scheme. There is no possibility that anyone in any Democratic administration would have gone to such lengths to fund anti-Communist forces. When Democrats scheme from the White House, it's to cover up the President's affair with an intern. When Republicans scheme, it's to support embattled anti-Communist freedom fighters sold out by the Democrats.

  Ann Coulter

  Cutting, White, House

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

  Bill Walton

  Missing, Shots, Ifs

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• States like (Iraq, Iran, & North Korea), and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

  George W. Bush

  Axes, Korea, Iraq

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• This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table

  George W. Bush

  United States, Tables, Ridiculous

  Meeting with E.U. Leaders in Brussels, Belgium, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. February 22, 2005.

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• If the nuclear dossier is referred to the U. N. Security Council, Iran will have to resume uranium enrichment.

  Ali Larijani

  Nuclear, Resumes, Council

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• Iran welcomes dialogue with any other states. I wrote a letter to the three European states inviting them to resume talks, but, they cancelled it. They had thought that Iran would no longer resume talks with them.

  Ali Larijani

  Three, Letters, Resumes

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• And we support Senator Joseph Lieberman, that it's time for our country to consider a military preemptive strike against Iran if they will not yield to diplomacy

  John Hagee

  Country, Military, Yield

  Interview with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. October 5, 2007.

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• Up until now, I believed the nuclear threat to the U.S. from Iran was limited to the ability of terrorists to penetrate the borders or port security to deliver a device to a major city. ...While that threat should continue to be a grave concern for every American, these tests by Iran demonstrate just how devious the fanatical mullahs in Tehran are. We are facing a clever and unscrupulous adversary in Iran that could bring America to its knees.

  Joseph Farah

  Clever, Cities, America

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• In order to threaten Iran, you [America] say that you can secure the energy flow in the region. You are wrong. Beware that if you make the slightest mistake over Iran, the energy flow through this region will be seriously endangered. You will never be capable of providing energy security in this region. You are not capable and you should know this.

  Ali Khamenei

  Mistake, America, Order

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