In my opinion, the continued popularity of these gross distortions of Iran in the U.S. seems to reveal more about certain aspects of America than about Iran. It seems that the popularity of these memoirs is largely due to the fact that, while claiming to do the opposite, they regularly reinforce the dominant representations of Iran in America by constructing an exotic, backward, and barbaric Iran principally based on U.S. archives.
This visa-waiver thing is absurd. Has anybody in the West been targeted by any Iranian national, anybody of Iranian origin, or anyone travelling to Iran? Whereas many people have been targeted by the nationals of your allies, people visiting your allies, and people transiting the territory of, again, your allies. So you're looking at the wrong address.
We're [Iran] not dismantling anything. We are uninstalling some centrifuges and reconstructing the Arak reactor, modernizing it. . . . The remaining activities that we need undertake will not take more than several days, less than two weeks.
Iran's military hardware is less than a fraction of that of any of the countries in this region.
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.
Iran has the technology to produce the highly enriched uranium, which is not automatically meaning nuclear weapon.
The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I dont see why they cant engage with Iran.
Whether we report Iran to the council or not, I believe the only way forward is through diplomacy.
If they think they can get anyone who could have better handled the complex and difficult issues surrounding North Korea, Iran and other controversies, they are not understanding the world right now.
Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea. It's the route for them to arm Hezbollah in Lebanon, which threatens, of course, our ally, Israel.
Iran is the greatest national security threat America faces. Russia does continue to battle us in the U.N. time and time again. I have clear eyes on this.
When the president of Iran Ahmadinejad says that our debt makes America not a great country, that's a frightening thing.
There's no question but that a nuclear Iran, a nuclear-capable Iran is unacceptable to America. It presents a threat not only to our friends but ultimately a threat to us to have Iran have nuclear material, nuclear weapons that could be used against us or used to be threatening to us.
It is essential for America to understand what our mission is in Iran, and that is to dissuade Iran from having a nuclear weapon through peaceful and diplomatic means.
Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea.
The greatest threat that the world faces is a nuclear Iran...
We should have communicated to Iran that we are prepared, that we are considering military options. They're not just on the table, they are in our hands.
We must persuade Iran not t have nuclear weapons through peaceful and diplomatic means. We want a peaceful planet.
I respect the right of Israel to defend itself, and - and we stand with - with Israel. We're a - a nation - two nations that come together in - in peace and that want to see Iran being dissuaded from its nuclear folly.
What we have said and - and - and with which I concur is that we should use every diplomatic and political vehicle that's available to us to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear capability state.
Iran's nuclearization is the greatest single national security threat America faces.
A nuclear Iran is a - a dramatic and - and devastating potential threat to the world and to America. And - and all our efforts should be focused on making that our first priority or keeping them from having that nuclear capacity our first priority.
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.
The greatest threat that the world faces, the greatest national security threat is a nuclear Iran.
If I did better... I'd be God.
