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After installing friendly leaders in Iran and Guatemala, the United States lost interest in promoting democracy in either country. — Stephen Kinzer

When we empower Iran, then get ready for more unrest and more murder and more violence in the Middle East. — Chris Christie

Since 1988, Iran has had a government-funded, regulated system for purchasing kidneys. — Peter Singer

The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of the IRA, are committed by people who are totally sincere — John Mortimer

I am really bothered when I see my friends facing problems back in Iran, but I tell them that not all the doors are shut. — Bahman Ghobadi

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

The 1953 coup was a catastrophe which slammed him [Mosaddegh] to floor, and from which Iran never fully recovered — Christopher De Bellaigue

If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region. — John Bolton

I don't think that Iran with a nuclear capability will be just the problem of the state of Israel. This is a matter that concerns the whole world. — Moshe Katsav

The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran. — Madeleine Albright

My last passport, I had North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Liberia, Guinea ... I had, like, every war-torn country in there. — Shane Smith

A lot of Iran's empowerment is a result of the war in Iraq. — Richard Engel

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

With Iran's long history of lies and non-cooperation, why are we talking to them? Why are we giving them legitimacy? — Neil Cavuto

Hezbollah is not fighting for Syria. Hezbollah is not fighting for Iran. Hezbollah is fighting for Lebanon. — Hassan Nasrallah

In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran. — Zaha Hadid

I would have never released the sanctions [for Iran] before there was consistent evidence of compliance. — Rand Paul

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

If I do continue to have the opportunity to work in Iran, that's very much what I'd prefer to do. — Abbas Kiarostami

There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons. — John Bolton

The ayatollah in Iran says he believes that he got the letter, but he thinks he accidentally threw it out with his Crate & Barrel catalog. — David Letterman

Now that Iran has entered into production of nuclear fuel on an industrial, there will be no limit on the production of nuclear fuel in Iran. — Gholam Reza Aghazadeh

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

As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program. — Stephen Kinzer

A number I'd love to know: the % of those now saying 'we have to vote Obama to stop an attack on Iran' who will support one if Obama does it. — Glenn Greenwald

It is worth emphasizing that Iran released our hostages in 1981 the day Ronald Reagan was sworn into office. — Ted Cruz

Ahmadinejad's dictatorial ways have hurt Iran's image across the globe and could be a prelude to dictatorship. — Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Don't be fooled. The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn't turn Iran into a friend of America. — Benjamin Netanyahu

In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is the terrorist regime that seeks the weapons. The regime must go. — Richard Perle

Bottom line is President Obama has said that it is a top priority of the United States of America to ensure that Iran never achieves a nuclear. — Mitt Romney

There are many people inside Iran who say, "We don't have enough to eat. Why do we need a nuclear bomb?" — Farah Diba

I think that Iran with a nuclear weapon is extremely destabilizing. I think it could precipitate a nuclear arms race in the region. — Robert M. Gates

I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran. — Andy Rooney

Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government. — Ehud Olmert

The Revolutionary Guard controls almost everything in Iran, and this is hurting the people. — Reza Aslan

I'm in favor of dealing with Iran and dealing with the nuclear issue, but I'm not in favor of a bad deal. — James Lankford

Iran's population tends to be fairly well educated, with a literacy rate of 77 percent. — Cyrus Farivar

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

I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous. — Ehud Olmert

Iran may have attacked ISIS. Do you know how long it's been since I have been able to wear my "Go Iran" T-shirt? — Conan O'Brien

Next in Iran, Hillary Clinton launched the negotiations that brought about the worst nuclear deal in history. — Chris Christie

Many poets in Iran have learned to speak almost a secret language, where political issues are talked about in allegorical ways. — Reza Aslan

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

We believe US threats of an approaching World War III and their use of Iran's nuclear issue as an excuse is another form of American insanity. — Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

The Iran-Iraq war began the same year that I went to primary school, at the age of six. — Hassan Blasim

Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country. — Shimon Peres

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

Few Iranians these days go through the fiction of calling themselves 'Persian.' Calling yourself Persian is a way of distancing themselves from Iran. — Reza Aslan

Let me be clear: America and the world are measurably less safe and less respected because of the Iran deal Hillary [Clinton] helped cut. — Chris Christie

Iran can and should be a responsible state, not the leading state sponsor of terror. — Condoleezza Rice

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

Iran is an island of stability in a turbulent corner of the world — Jimmy Carter

The North Koreas of the world are trying very hard to acquire the material they need to acquire nuclear weapons, as is the case with Iran. — Richard Fadden

Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran. — Abbas Kiarostami

Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran. — John C. Stennis

We have evidence that Iran makes a reactor to possess nuclear weapons. — Ariel Sharon

I don't believe I could live in Iran again. A tree, once uprooted from the earth, is very difficult to plant again. — Golshifteh Farahani

We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran — Wesley Clark

Since all signs indicate that we shouldn't participate in this election, participating in the election has no meaning. — Mohammad Khatami

Over 60 percent of the university students in Iran are female. The women in Iran are better educated than men. — Shirin Ebadi

The Islamic Revolution of Iran is honourable for it is the cry which has its origin in Ayatollah Khomeini's conscience. — Ruhollah Khomeini

We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran. — Lindsey Graham

I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work I wanted to do. — Marjane Satrapi

Iran wants the money. And I don't believe they want it for roads or hospitals or schools, I believe they want it for more terror. — John Barrasso

Iran has the technology to produce the highly enriched uranium, which is not automatically meaning nuclear weapon. — Mohamed ElBaradei

What Iran wants and what North Korea wants is respect. — Andrew Young

In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press. — Christiane Amanpour

I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check against Iran. — Gary Johnson

I don't believe Iran is a suicide state. — John Abizaid

A nuclear armed Iran makes the world less safe, less stable, less secure. — John Barrasso

Years ago, I predicted that Iran would take over Iraq. Iran and Iraq used to fight back and forth. — Donald Trump

The Patriots deflated balls are but an allegory for America's deflated balls in dealings with Putin, the Mullahs in Iran, and Islamic terrorists. — Dennis Miller

When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned. — Azar Nafisi

If Iran was a stock, you folks should go out and buy it right now. — Donald Trump

Living in the Islamic Republic is like having sex with someone you loathe. — Azar Nafisi

We do not have homosexuals in Iran like you do [in America]. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave. — Barack Obama

We must persuade Iran not t have nuclear weapons through peaceful and diplomatic means. We want a peaceful planet. — Mitt Romney

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

There is no doubt that some in Iran have an unhealthy focus on Bahrain, as some of the broadcast coverage shows. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

I guess the biggest surprise I got going to Iran was that the Iranians really liked me as an American. — Elaine Sciolino

When Prime Minister Erdogan came to Washington in 2009, he sounded almost like the ambassador from Iran. — Stephen Kinzer

It was like the Iran/Contra hearings in the last century; then, too, the investigators had looked just so far and no further. — John Shirley

Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality. — Lindsey Graham

Iran won't pursue nuclear weapons because 'it's contrary to their faith.' — Barack Obama

I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives. — Fawn Hall

We don't really know what Iran are capable of when the gun is put to their head — George Hamilton

Any deal that recognizes Iran "right" to enrich is a prelude to fiasco and tragedy. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

The Lebanese banking system helps Iran, Syria & Hezbollah evade sanctions. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

The more we ignore Assad and negotiate an appeasement with Iran, the more Sunni and Shia extremists will multiply and flood Syria. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

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

Iran is the only country in the world that's threatening to erase another country from the map as part of a collective genocide. — Sigmar Gabriel

To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war, — Benjamin Netanyahu

Thank God we in Iran have neither the desire nor the need to suffer from democracy. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon. — Hillary Clinton

With the world's unprecedented inspections and access to Iran's program, we'll know if Iran ever tries to break out. — Barack Obama

Apparently Iran thinks that it can continue to deceive the world in order to reach its goals. — Moshe Katsav

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

Democrats and Republicans love Israel and all of us care about the existential threat to Israel from Iran. — Jane Harman

Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad