Iranian Politician Quotes

Wahabbis think that holy sites are a manifestation of polytheism. They deem anyone who opposes them to be polytheist. They believe Shias, Sunnis, and the Islamic world are polytheist.

Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri

Many women who do not dress modestly…lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society which (consequently) increases earthquakes.

If Iran is exploiting the 'Shia factor' in its foreign policy then it is wrong. But I believe this to be untrue. I visited Lebanon five or six years ago when I was parliamentary speaker during Khatami's era and we exerted all efforts in preserving the unity between the Sunnis and Shia.

A man who becomes used to deluding himself, who fails to face his own faults with revolutionary honesty and even lies to himself, is the most likely to become a traitor, since lying is the beginning of treachery.

Ashraf Dehghani

If you [Americans] behave with disrespect – even just a little bit – [the Iranian people] will punch you in the mouth so hard that all your devouring teeth will fall off.

Mohammad Emami-Kashani

You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Yes, my sin — my greater sin and even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran's oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world's greatest empire. This at the cost to myself, my family; and at the risk of losing my life, my honor and my property. With God's blessing and the will of the people, I fought this savage and dreadful system of international espionage and colonialism.

Mohammad Mosaddegh