The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us.
AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANIWe don’t have a major problem right now in our country, and life is normal.
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This democracy… The elections in Iraq were held despite the American opposition.
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The possibility of a war under the current circumstances is not far-fetched and there is some evidence for that.
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It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others.
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The problem is that the Iraqi people are facing atrocities from both sides – Zarqawi and also the American troops at times.
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It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. [The elections] were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.
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When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks.
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I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people.
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We don’t have any bad memories of the people of the United States.
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The Zarqawi groups uses car bombs, the Americans use other bombs. You also know what they do in the prisons.
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If we have any problems, it’s always with the government of the United States.
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Since they had a lot of property and controlled an empire of propaganda, they made the European governments helpless.
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If (the West) shows its rigidity by making unjust decisions and putting their threats into practice, the Iranian people will not be the only ones to pay the price.
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Iran is determined to use peaceful nuclear technology and no intimidation or threat can make us give it up.
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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.
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We don’t have a major problem right now in our country, and life is normal.
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