The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is a must.

You cannot have security at the expense of the insecurity of others.

If anything caused ISIS, it was the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

We call upon the nuclear-weapon states to immediately cease their plans to further invest in modernizing and extending the life span of their nuclear weapons and related facilities.

Nobody thinks identically on Syria. But we share the same view with Russia that the future of the personalities in Syria will be determined by the people of Syria and not by people outside Syria.

It is important for everybody to insure that the process will go on, that the ceasefire will hold. Of course, there is no ceasefire against Daesh [the Islamic State], Jabhat al Nusra, and Al Qaeda.

Tehran believes it's none of our business or anybody else's to decide the future of personalities in other countries.

We've never declared war on anybody. We [Iran] defended ourselves against wars that were imposed on us. We have no desire to engage in confrontation with anybody.

Understanding that these statements do not represent reality, we should not be threatened by the language that he has used.

Iran's military hardware is less than a fraction of that of any of the countries in this region.

One outcome is almost certain. Extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.

There will be haters, there will be doubters, there will be non-believers, and then there will be you proving them wrong.

They sky is never falling...thing will work out, they ALWAYS work out. Stay focused, accept everything as perfect and keep moving forward toward the direction of your goals.

No matter what anyone says, no matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along.

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

The idea of legally establishing inalienable, inherent and sacred rights of the individual is not of political but religious origin.

I apologize for my terrible interview skills.

What I have said may serve to recommend mathematics for acquiring a vigorous constitution of mind; for which purpose they are as useful as exercise is for procuring health and strength to the body.

A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that constantly persecute and torment me and perhaps also play some part in my art.

It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.