Quotes by Iranian authors

"Miss Rice talks very tough. We have gotten used to this nonsense. Miss Rice is a bit emotional about this, and we predicted that she would have a more emotional approach to this"

"I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use"

"We do not trust the goodwill of the U.S. They have cut the ties"

"The problem is that the Iraqi people are facing atrocities from both sides - Zarqawi and also the American troops at times. The Zarqawi groups uses car bombs, the Americans use other bombs. You also know what they do in the prisons"

"I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only know that the sole option is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi people"

"People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs"

"In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner"

"We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion"

"Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities"

"Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself"

"We don't have any bad memories of the people of the United States"

"If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States"

"I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is"