Iran Quotes

America is so outplayed by Putin and Assad, and by the way - and by Iran. Nobody can believe how stupid our leadership is.

Iran should write us a letter of thank you for taking Mosul.

I would have doubled up and tripled up the sanctions [on Iran] and made a good deal.

Certainly would never have made that horrible, disgusting, absolutely incompetent deal with Iran where they get $150 billion. They're a terrorist nation.

I don't like Assad at all, but Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is killing ISIS. And Iran is killing ISIS. And those three have now lined up because of our weak foreign policy.

We gave [Iran] $1.7 billion in cash, which is unheard of, and we put the money up and we have really nothing to show for it.

I can say this: They [Iran] have total disregard for our country. They are the number one terrorist state, they are sending money all over the place, and weapons, and you can't do that.

Iran is the world's top sponsor of terrorism, and I am not going to stop until that problem is properly solved.

I don't have to tell you what I'm going to do in North Korea. And I don't have to tell you what I'm going to do with Iran. You know why? Because they shouldn't know.

Look at what's happening, how Iran is taunting us. Look at what's going on, look at the world.

[Barack Obama] gives away $400 million in cash, but it turns out to $1.7 billion in cash [for Iran].

Iran is taking over Iraq. They've been trying to for many, many decades. And now they're finally taking over Iraq. As we sit here, they're taking over Iraq. We get nothing.

[Iran agreement] is one of the worst agreements I've ever seen drawn by anybody.

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

Hillary Clinton's policies unleashed ISIS, spread terrorism and put Iran on a path to nuclear weapons.

If you really look at the aftermath of Iraq, Iran is going to be taking over Iraq. They've been doing it. And it's not a pretty picture.

Iran is taking over Iraq.

I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran ... in one shot on his website he appears to be dressed only in flowers. Oh - here's the page, you'll see what I mean.

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

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.

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.

It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran.

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

This is the real tragedy of America's 'Internet freedom agenda': It's going to be the dissidents in China and Iran who will pay for the hypocrisy that drove it from the very beginning.

We [The United States] should be prepared to launch a pre-emption strike against Iran to eliminate their nuclear capability.

If we look to the south, to Iran, which cannot be "accused" of excess democratic zeal - it goes without saying that the unstable situation does not prepare the ground for a democratic development.

I have travelled a great deal - to Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt - and can very well differentiate between moderate Muslims and Islam.

The one thing that you can say about the new Cabinet Donald Trump is putting together. That seems to be one of the coherent themes. They're very, very skeptical about Iran.

If you're Iran's minister of defense, I think you'd try to develop at least one nuclear weapon to save yourself from what happened to Iraq.

I think [Republicans] would really like to rip up that [Iran nuclear agreement] and get a new one, but that's going to be very difficult. You, of course, have Russia involved in that.

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

Iran is obviously part of the problem. They sponsor Hezbollah. They encourage a radical brand of Islam.

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.

The only reason we're not in Iran now is because we're going alphabetically and George Bush can't spell.

Iran is determined to remove ambiguities, continue talks and win its rights.

Diplomacy is the only clear answer to the current situation. There is no legal basis for referring Iran to the Security Council. But if that were to happen Iran is not afraid.

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

I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran.

The best way to help Israel deal with Iran's growing nuclear capacity is to help the people of Syria overthrow the regime of Bashar Assad.

A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone's human-rights interests. That is a direct threat to the lives and the livelihoods and the stability not only of the region but beyond.

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

We do have the nuclear weapons agreement with Iran, that's an enforcement consequence, action for action, follow on. We have a plan, we will watch them, we will be vigilant.

Asking Saudi Arabia and Iran to work together, when they can't stand each other and are engaged in a proxy battle right at this moment.

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

Does John Kerry have to give them [Iran] every little thing? You'll pass some sanctions for human rights and missiles, and I'll grudgingly sign on.

There's a lack of knowledge about Iran and the Iranian people.

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.

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.

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.