Iranians Quotes

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

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

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

Whenever the Iranians come under pressure on the nuclear issue, like sanctions or military action, their answer will be in Iraq. This is a major card for them. - Mustafa Alani

When you talk to Iranians, there seems to be a consensus that Iran needs to have a latent nuclear weapons capability; in other words, an option... But there is much less agreement about whether it makes sense for Iran to produce nuclear weapons. - Gary Samore

When my friend talks about fissile material, they have to take this highly enriched uranium, get it from 20 percent up, then they have to be able to have something to put it in. There is no weapon that the Iranians have at this point. Both the Israelis and we know...we'll know if they start the process of building a weapon. - Joe Biden

When I talk to Iranians, there seems to be a consensus that Iran needs to have a latent nuclear weapon capability, in other words an option. - Gary Samore

What we need to do now is get the Russians and Chinese to tell the Iranians they won't be in a position to help them out in the [Security] Council if they go forward with this work. If the Russians and Chinese told them that, it would have quite an impact in Tehran. - Robert Einhorn

What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st century that has renewed imperialistic ambitions. They really want to become the hegemon of the Middle East in an age that gave up imperialism. - Shimon Peres

We're saying this because he is the biggest killer of humanity in the 21st century. He has killed in Afghanistan, he has killed Iraqis and now he is bent on killing Iranians. The Indian government should not get into any deal with the Americans. Bush has laid a trap for India. - Hannan Mollah