Iran Quotes - Page 9

• But all should know that the people's participation in the elections will take the country forward ... an election full of excitement will be a major blow to the enemy.

  Ali Khamenei

  Country, Blow, People

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• Hundreds of social networks and websites such as Facebook and Twitter are trying to weaken people's morale and decrease their participation in the elections.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  People, Trying, Election

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• Everything should be done to prevent Iran, the world's most dangerous regime, from developing the world's most dangerous weapons.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Israel, Done, World

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• I will go to the UN General Assembly and, in a clear voice, tell the nations of the world the truth about Iran's terrorist regime, which constitutes the greatest threat to world peace.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Israel, Voice, World

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• I want to reassert again the position of the United States that with regards to Iran, we will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, period. We will not allow them to develop a nuclear weapon, and we will exert all options in the effort to ensure that that does not happen...The United States stands firmly with Israel, and we have a rock solid commitment to the security of Israel and to the security of its citizens.

  Leon Panetta

  Commitment, Rocks, Israel

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• If the Zionist commit the folly and attack Iran, they will receive a crushing response from the Islamic Republic's armed forces which will lead to their annihilation.

  Mohsen Rezaee

  Crush, Islamic, Israel

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• Iran is an island of stability in a turbulent corner of the world

  Jimmy Carter

  Islands, Israel, World

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• We don't differ with the government on the demands [on Iran], but we totally reject how Bibi is handling it. Bibi sacrificed good relations with the U.S. to keep the status quo on the Palestinians. He poked the [Obama] Administration in the eye on settlements just to appease right-wingers

  John F. Kerry

  Eye, Government, Israel

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• Netanyahu made all sorts of claims. This was going to be a terrible deal. This was going to result in Iran getting 50 billion dollars worth of relief. Iran would not abide by the agreement. None of that has come true.

  Barack Obama

  Israel, Agreement, Relief

  " Barack Obama calls on Iran to agree to 10-year freeze on nuclear activity", www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2015.

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• When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried.

  Ehud Olmert

  Israel, President, Nuclear

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• Israel will not tolerate a situation in which Iran has effective control of non-conventional weapons that can be used directly against the state of Israel.

  Ehud Olmert

  Israel, Weapons, Used

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• Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel.

  Ehud Olmert

  Europe And America, Israel, States

  "'Israel Should Not Be on the Forefront of a War Against Iran'". Interview with Romesh Ratnesar, content.time.com. April 09, 2006.

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• There are a lot of other terrorist targets we ought to be focusing on. Well, there is Syria, for example, which is pumping through - because of Iran, is pumping weapons on into Hezbollah and so forth - which is then producing a lot of agony in Palestine and in Israel. We ought to be doing a bit to try to stop that.

  Lawrence Eagleburger

  Israel, Agony, Trying

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• At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.

  Ellen Tauscher

  Leadership, India And Pakistan, America

  "A need for U.S. to lead" by Ellen Tauscher, www.sfgate.com. September 24, 2006.

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• Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion.

  Reza Aslan

  Suicide, Nuclear, Moron

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• The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

  David Petraeus

  Citizens, Want, Facts

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 15, 2010.

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• The information I have about Iran is second hand.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Hands, Information, Second Hand

  "Chicken with Plums: the snowy side of Tehran". Interview with Geoffrey Macnab, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2012.

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• What Iran wants and what North Korea wants is respect.

  Andrew Young

  Korea, Want, North Korea

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• Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people - real people; including, I daresay, a majority who are philosophically and by education inclined toward the modern, secular world, and particularly American values.

  Bob Barr

  Country, Real, Believe

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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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• From the prophets' dreams of the time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares to today's aspirations of a nuclear-weapons-free world, we have sought to avoid armed conflict and not yield to despair in the search for universal peace. The nuclear threats from Iran, North Korea, and terrorists can only be overcome through international cooperation. We call upon Congressional leaders and those worldwide to join together to ensure the fulfillment of these long-overdue initiatives and the achievement of a safer future without nuclear weapons.

  David Saperstein

  Dream, Religious, Yield

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• I am worried because I'm hearing some of the same signals about Iran and its nuclear program that were heard as the Bush administration made its case for the war in Iraq. 'It's déjà vu all over again.

  David Kay

  War, Iraq, Cnn

  "Kay, Carter urge caution on Iran". www.cnn.com. February 9, 2005.

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• You can't have a discussion about Israel and the region without including Iran and their nuclear ambitions.

  Peter MacKay

  Ambition, Israel, Nuclear

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• Iran is isolated on its nuclear program and support for terrorism.

  Thomas E. Donilon

  Support, Nuclear, Terrorism

  Briefing by National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes on Libya and the Middle East, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. March 10, 2011.

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• Iran and Iraq have been at war for five years now. The traditional present for a fifth anniversary is wood. Here's a gift suggestion: a big stick to beat some goddamned sense into their
  heads.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  War, Iraq, Years

  "Year in Review". Rolling Stone, December 19, 1985.

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