In my opinion, negotiating with America is like shaking hands with Satan, and dancing with wolves, because the Americans are interested in negotiations for negotiations' sake.... By negotiating with us, they are trying to intimidate the world of Islam and the Islamic movements, saying: Even Islamic Iran, which you follow and which serves as your model, eventually had no choice but to get along with us.

Editor-in-Chief of Kayhan Iranian Daily: Negotiating with America is Like Shaking Hands with Satan and Dancing with Wolves May 2007