Iranian Quotes

You have to send the signal that this is intolerable and counterproductive to Iranian international relations, If you give up on diplomacy, you get into gesture politics, which won't solve anything. - Rosemary Hollis

You have to believe at this point that the new Iranian president is willing to use oil as a weapon, if only for a symbolic week or two to create a crisis, exact some concessions from the West and then defuse the situation. - John Kilduff

You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high. - Dennis Ross

You could still see some downward price moves if the Iranian situation just fades from view. If it fades from the headlines you could see oil prices move down several dollars. - Jason Schenker

Yes, there is still time for diplomacy but it's up to the Iranians to seize the opportunity. - Sean McCormack

With Iranian leaders increasing threats and defiance, a lot is resting on a meeting Tuesday in Moscow with the six major world powers to try to stop Iran from continuing its nuclear program. The U.N. deadline is 10 days away and there is little agreement on next steps. - Pamela Falk

Will not live under the threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb. - Yosef Lapid

Why are the Iranians pushing so aggressively instead of biding their time, like North Korea did? The obvious answer is that Iran is in a far stronger position. Iran can respond in ways that can be very painful to the international community. Iran has leverage. - Ian Bremmer

While sanctions would be aimed at coercing Iran to abandon its nuclear-testing program, the world is reliant on Iran continuing to export crude oil into the global markets in order to keep prices from rising, which is a point that Iranian officials have been quick to make. - Jacques Rousseau

While it may be temporary, the major risks we see for Japanese stocks right now are the Iranian situation and currency moves. That's still going to keep a lid on the market. - Hitoshi Yamamoto