Tehran Quotes

When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules. - Azar Nafisi

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

We would like to hope that Tehran will show readiness for the most serious cooperation. - Mikhail Kamynin

We see today that there is a growing understanding in the international community that the extremist regime in Tehran is not just Israel's problem, but rather an issue that the entire international community must grapple with. - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

We judge that Tehran probably does not yet have a nuclear weapon and probably has not yet produced or acquired the necessary fissile material. - John Negroponte

We hope that the organized international community will, through the vehicle of the Security Council, present the extremist regime in Tehran with a clear dilemma. Either they totally cease their nuclear weapons development program or they seriously endanger their relationship with the community of nations. - Mark Regev

We firmly stand for resolving the problems in and around Tehran diplomatically rather than militarily. Increasing international pressure on Iran has no prospects. - Oleg Ozerov

We do not want to be in the middle of an axis that starts in the Mediterranean and ends in Tehran. We do not want to be a barricade for [Iran's] nuclear facilities. - Walid Jumblatt

We believe only if the regime in Tehran understands that the international community is indeed serious, there is a chance that these sort of cat and mouse games played by the regime will cease. - Mark Regev

Today, we are sending a second message [to Tehran] through the Swiss confirming that we are looking into it. We take seriously Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity. - Philip Reeker